I think I get from my books what other people get from family or a relationship or from prayer. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one. — Gloria Stuart Copy Share Image
My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all. — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“Actually, it is amazing how much can be learned about people from the books they own.” — Mitch Cullin Copy Share Image
I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. ... That is why people read: to have experiences. — Bonnie Friedman Copy Share Image
“If you judge me negatively, as you would a book by it's cover, you'd be surprised by what you see written on… — Rick Ferreira Copy Share Image
Books tap the wisdom of our species -- the greatest minds, the best teachers -- from all over the world and from… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I think it's difficult to be honest about certain aspects of my work without acknowledging that I have experienced or felt or… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
He[ Italo Calvino] always said it would be impossible to try to make films out of his books, though he hoped it… — Giovanna Cau Copy Share Image
They belong to their readers now, which is a great thing–because the books are more powerful in the hands of my readers… — John Green Copy Share Image
[on L. Ron Hubbard] I'm not in favor of his religion by any means. But he wrote a book called 'Battlefield Earth'… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I failed, many times in my life. One failure that I always remember was when my second book was rejected by 36… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“We are all poor; but there is a difference between what Mrs. Spark intends by speaking of 'slender means', and what Stevens… — Frank Kermode Copy Share Image
The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other, as a whole and in its… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
John Bunyan, author of the classic book the Pilgrim’s Progress, said “You have not lived today until you have done something for… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Kids are always writing me: 'I had a bad day too.' 'I got gum in my hair.' And the kids also write… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
America is also the nameless foreigner, the homeless refugee, the hungry boy begging for a job and the black body dangling on… — Carlos Bulosan Copy Share Image
I always feel like my book is a success when I see a child reading it, and they have their pointer finger… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
Facebook, what book? Slutbook? They need to call this F-ckbook. Picture looking good, but in person¦Yuckbook. Hellbook, Tellbook, bitches cant Spellbook. Hate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image