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But I know that I'd be bored unless I wrote a book that in some senses was a challenge.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1447/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/1447.v4.jpg" alt="Vikram Seth"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vikram Seth</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="013e1"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="013e1" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1447/013e1/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20know%20from%20an%20editor%27s%20point%20of%20view%20or%20a%20publisher%27s%20point%20of%20view%20it%27s%20easier%20to%20slot%20me%20into%20a%20particular%20niche.%20But%20I%20know%20that%20I%27d%20be%20bored%20unless%20I%20wrote%20a%20book%20that%20in%20some%20senses%20was%20a%20challenge.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1447%2F013e1%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/435/">Book</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/13/">Me</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/347/">Challenge</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3870/01491/">I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3870/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/3870.v9.jpg" alt="T. 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That's what makes it fun for me; I write the books the same way many people read them.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2038/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/16/2038.v4.jpg" alt="R. A. Salvatore"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">R. A. 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I wrote a lot about brain-tech in my first non-fiction book, 'More Than Human.' 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Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a220/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/220.v5.jpg" alt="Karen DeCrow"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Karen DeCrow</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="02621"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="02621" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a220/02621/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=At%2020%20and%2030%2C%20we%20are%20like%20travelers%20in%20a%20foreign%20country%2C%20reading%20the%20guide%20book%20to%20learn%20how%20to%20behave%2C%20to%20learn%20when%20the%20post%20office%20is%20open.%20Trivia%20looms%20important%3B%20critical%20issues%20fade%20into%20a%20pastel%20background%2C%20unrecognized.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa220%2F02621%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/150/">Important</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/435/">Book</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2125/0271f/">In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2125/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/2125.v4.jpg" alt="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0271f"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0271f" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2125/0271f/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%20a%20typical%20history%20book%2C%20black%20Americans%20are%20mentioned%20in%20the%20context%20of%20slavery%20or%20civil%20rights.%20There%27s%20so%20much%20more%20to%20the%20story.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2125%2F0271f%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/435/">Book</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/255/">History</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/211/">Black</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3869/027d6/">I think a generation ago, dads went to work, they came home, and they had their dinner, had a drink, and then went to bed. I don't know what it was like in your house, but that is how it was in mine. I think it is cool to have the dads in the trenches and doing the real parenting work.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3869/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1d/3869.v6.jpg" alt="Zach Cregger"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Zach Cregger</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="027d6"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="027d6" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3869/027d6/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20think%20a%20generation%20ago%2C%20dads%20went%20to%20work%2C%20they%20came%20home%2C%20and%20they%20had%20their%20dinner%2C%20had%20a%20drink%2C%20and%20then%20went%20to%20bed.%20I%20don%27t%20know%20what%20it%20was%20like%20in%20your%20house%2C%20but%20that%20is%20how%20it%20was%20in%20mine.%20I%20think%20it%20is%20cool%20to%20have%20the%20dads%20in%20the%20trenches%20and%20doing%20the%20real%20parenting%20work.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3869%2F027d6%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/508/">Real</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/595/">Home</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a49/02a6d/">Book sales and teens reading is always a fantastic thing, but we should also be celebrating and consuming the huge wealth of U.K. and U.K.-based writing and illustrating talent. Authors such as Charlie Higson, Darren Shan, Holly Smale, Tanya Byrne, Catherine Johnson, Sophie Mckenzie, to name but a few.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a49/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/49.v5.jpg" alt="Malorie Blackman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Malorie Blackman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="02a6d"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="02a6d" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a49/02a6d/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Book%20sales%20and%20teens%20reading%20is%20always%20a%20fantastic%20thing%2C%20but%20we%20should%20also%20be%20celebrating%20and%20consuming%20the%20huge%20wealth%20of%20U.K.%20and%20U.K.-based%20writing%20and%20illustrating%20talent.%20Authors%20such%20as%20Charlie%20Higson%2C%20Darren%20Shan%2C%20Holly%20Smale%2C%20Tanya%20Byrne%2C%20Catherine%20Johnson%2C%20Sophie%20Mckenzie%2C%20to%20name%20but%20a%20few.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa49%2F02a6d%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/270/">Writing</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/435/">Book</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/457/">Reading</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; 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