I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature. — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
I'm an open book. People seem to like people that are very open - accepting, and not rude. — Cupcakke Copy Share Image
When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I always have at least one book with me. I try and read a book a month. — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
“Books are so strong, you can break their spines and they will still stand for eternity.” — Donald J. Bingle Copy Share Image
Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I'm impossible when a book is taking shape. Well, actually, I'm despicable. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it. — William Goldman Copy Share Image
. . . finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince. . . . — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I write abundantly. And then my next step is to struggle to reduce the ornament, to reduce the abundance-to prune the book,… — James Wright Copy Share Image
Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I was always a big fan of the books and over the years I've become quite attached to Ron and we've meshed… — Rupert Grint Copy Share Image
Read the Bible, read the Bible! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and distresses, I seldom read… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It… — Karen Robards Copy Share Image
I am NOT an anarchist. Never have been, never will be. Just because Crimethinc put out two of my poetry books, I… — Raegan Butcher Copy Share Image
Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Normal people bring children into the world; we novelists bring books. We are condemned to put our whole lives into them, even… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Books, like all art, breed in us desire. In times of crisis and fear and misrepresentation we need desire, or else we… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
The Hawk and the Dove is a wonderful idea for a book, wonderfully carried out. Nicholas Thompson has used illuminating new material… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
In truth, the cinema as a delivery system obviously has its days numbered. And that's not a bad thing. When you can… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
For me, life without literature is inconceivable. I think that Don Quixote in a physical sense never existed, but Don Quixote exists… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
