“Most people weren’t aware that books chose us, at the time when we needed them most.” — Rebecca Raisin Copy Share Image
Southern man better keep your head, don't forget what your good book says. — Neil Young Copy Share Image
I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
This book is so interesting. I always wonder what's going to happen next. — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read. — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
“How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost?” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
When somebody's different, it's so easy to dismiss what people say because of what they look like. They really want to judge… — Ralphie May Copy Share Image
I used to envy people who had written books, the way I think women envy other women who've had babies. I was… — Joan Juliet Buck Copy Share Image
As Popa penetrates deeper into his life, with book after book, it begins to look like a Universe passing through a Universe.… — Ted Hughes Copy Share Image
The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“I read all kinds of novels, as long as they’re good. I get a bit piqued when people say, 'I don’t really… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time... ...why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Nous ne pouvons arracher une seule page de notre vie, mais nous pouvons jeter le livre au feu. We cannot tear out… — Sydney Samuelson Copy Share Image
Radical Muslims fly planes into buildings. Radical Christians kill abortion doctors. Radical Atheists write books. — Hemant Mehta Copy Share Image
I never intended to write poems, nor to be a photographer, nor to be a film-maker. I just took many, many pictures… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think people feel very comfortable reviewing the idea of me, as opposed to what I've actually written. Most of the time,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
My mother used to read me from Bank Street schools, that book, you know, Bank Street school had these early reader books.… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm giving talks, I always ask people to think of the most obscure questions because I enjoy those the most. I… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
After all, the living book of God's creation lies open for all to see; it points constantly to the divine calling for… — Eberhard Arnold Copy Share Image
It has always been my experience that, whatever groupings I choose for my books, the space in which I plan to lodge… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
“A good book can make you laugh but only a great book can make you cry” — Rockerlulu Copy Share Image
For my 'Perfect Chemistry' series, I did movie-style book trailers, and my fans went crazy for them. — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
No CEO examining books today understands what the hell is going on. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind. — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
“Only a true reader will understand how lovely it is to read a book on rainy days.” — Nicholaa Spencer Copy Share Image
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
“You can’t give what you don’t have. To write, you must read. To write well, read well.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Since when did you start plucking books off the children's shelf, Leona?” — Elizabeth Lynn Casey Copy Share Image
The literature of disease is more interesting to me than all the healthy books. — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“But there is much that cannot go into books, and that is the loss with which I become increasingly concerned.” — John Williams Copy Share Image
