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I grew up reading a lot of these super weird, genre-bending Southern gothic writers.

Karen Russell

I spent most of my 20s with these alligator wrestlers in the swamps of South Florida.

Karen Russell

You don't want people to think you're just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu.

Karen Russell

Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.

Karl Rove

I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.

Karl Rove

I am a big proponent of being in touch with everyone even when I do not have a story to ask about.

Kara Swisher

I bought tiny infant onesies while still in college and compiled a killer toy collection throughout my 20s and 30s.

Kara Swisher

As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.

Kara Swisher

It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.

Kara Swisher

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

Lynn Abbey

When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.

Lynn Abbey

I was filling entire school notebooks with stories by Grade 3. Of course, they were double-spaced, and the handwriting was huge.

Linwood Barclay

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.

Lewis H. Lapham

A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights.

Lance Morrow

I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject it.

Leonard Maltin

Lots of hurtful secrets are better off kept. The problem is that people find it so hard to keep them.

Liane Moriarty

Because our power is motivating, and gives momentum and ownership of changes to those who dream of failure.

Lisa McMann

He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.

A. Lee Martinez

To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.

Louise Penny

After 30 novels, release day is still a thrill. It's always a little bittersweet, too.

Luanne Rice

This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.

L. Neil Smith