Traversing a slow page, to come upon a lode of the pure shining metal is to exult inwardly for greedy hours. — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“I own most of the book on my list, in an ancient paperback edition that doesn't count.” — Susan Orth Copy Share Image
I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
Most books and movies that are handed to teenagers are filled with stereotypes. — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death. ... If we did not know we’d die,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I remember the days of sitting at book signings, playing with my pen when no one would come, and still I even… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
History is a state of yearning. I yearn for Kay Lake throughout this entire thing. There's an essay I've written where I… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
You are always working on your worst book and your best book at the same time. The praise does not make you… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book.… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
When you read the book, you paint the picture but when you adapt a book then the audience will, by and large,… — Vijay Krishna Acharya Copy Share Image
“This book," he began, "is very, very unsuitable." He paused, then went on. "In fact, in my whole life, I have never… — Mark Salzman Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book like a rapper would write it - I didn't want to hold back. Rappers catch a… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s,… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
So depending on the day, my schedule is different. But, generally speaking, I get up in the morning, I do a 30… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
Books ... were merely nodes in a near-infinite matrix of information that exists in four dimensions, evolving toward the idea of the… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
To the acquisition of the rare quality of politeness, so much of the enlightened understanding is necessary that I cannot but consider… — Harold Monro Copy Share Image
There are very interesting books about these events, for instance one by a very well-known American historian named William R. Polk called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I guess none of the sides of my hyphen are particularly subtle cultures. But perhaps there is also a sense that these… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
I like books. I've always got a literature book going. I'd be in there reading, in my off time. — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Just because the book has sex in it doesn’t mean women are only reading it for the sexy bits.” — Jenny Trout Copy Share Image
“How do I know a really good book? When, between the pages, I come undone.” — Marcia Whyte Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I ate sports books up, like "Winners Never Quit" by Phil Pepe. That was like my bible. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
When I was young, I kept a book about my performances. It was easier then, because I was not so very busy. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
The Book of Revelation is a description of one path to the New Jerusalem, but this scenario is not inevitable. — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold. — Esther Forbes Copy Share Image
The child who is being raised strictly by the book is probably a first edition. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Books seem a little old-fashioned, but hey, I can do old-fashioned if it's good. — Tim Tharp Copy Share Image
