Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The truth is, my friend, you never know where a book will take you.” — M. Scott Snelten Copy Share Image
So I'm reading a book on my new iPad, but can't the iPad read it for me? Do I have to do… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
Picture books are an emotional medium. They need to make us feel something. — Marla Frazee Copy Share Image
“What's happiness for a reader? Be pleasantly surprised by a book from which he expected nothing.” — Gabrielle Dubois Copy Share Image
The biogeographic evidence for evolution is now so powerful that I have never seen a creationist book, article, or lecture that has… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
A bad book and good marketing won't work, the same way a good book and bad marketing will also not work. There… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
It's not surprising to me that books ended up playing a central role in my life, but it is somewhat mysterious that… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about… — Joan Collins Copy Share Image
Sir Francis Bacon observed that a well-written book, compared with its rivals and antagonists, is like Moses' serpent, that immediately swallowed up… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“An intelligent man will use a book to settle an argument. Preferably a hardback with a thick spine, flat across the bridge… — Shatrujeet Nath Copy Share Image
Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that… — Hugh Walpole Copy Share Image
It was the last generation of writers [ the Cheers] that had grown up reading books instead of watching TV. So you… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
I love old cookbooks. I just got such a kick out of them, how the color would be way off or fake… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was… — Larry Hagman Copy Share Image
As an advocate for kids for over twenty years, I have watched things change since I was in school. Thankfully, this book… — Doug Fields Copy Share Image
America has begun a spiritual reawakening. Faith and hope are being restored. Americans are turning back to God. Church attendance is up.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The wildest ride in modern crime novel exoticum. A novel so steeped in milieu that it feels as if you've blasted to… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times. — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out. — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
You said in your book that at the end of the day, every politician is human. What about during the day? — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point? — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
A book hasn't caused me this much trouble since Where's Waldo went to that barber pole factory. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You find the book in the process of doing it. That's the adventure of the job. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Some people follow. Some people lead. Some kick back and smoke some weed… and breathe.” — Vicki Perry Copy Share Image
If there is anything I've learned over the past year. It's Never judge a book by it's cover:) — Rachel C Copy Share Image
Why isn't there a book about someone losing their faith and it being a beautiful experience? — Julia Sweeney Copy Share Image
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