“No thanks; I'd much rather pretend I'm somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.” — Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer Copy Share Image
A book is not a short-term project. It's essentially your baby, so it takes a lot of work. — Luvvie Ajayi Copy Share Image
“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books. — Matthew Vaughn Copy Share Image
At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos. — Heston Blumenthal Copy Share Image
I was a comic book nut and grew up on 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones.' — Christian Borle Copy Share Image
The best and only true history we have. Everyone interested in creative writing should know this book. — Tony Ardizzone Copy Share Image
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence.… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I did not end up as broadly educated as my Cambridge colleagues, but I graduated probably better equipped to write a book… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Whenever I sign books, I get this line over and over again from men: "I don't read fiction, but my wife does.… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns to comprehend the language and become familiar with… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Leaving the page of the book carelessly open, something unsaid, the phone off the hook and the love, whatever it was,an infection. — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don't have to rhyme, they must be… — Kirby Larson Copy Share Image
I can count on one hand the people who are legendary in my book, and Tom Waits is certainly right at the… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that I can't do the bigger thing that [Zadie Smith] do so beautifully, as in Swing Time, with so… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I wrote my own first book about the defense of television as an art form in 1992. It was harder to make… — David Bianculli Copy Share Image
“sometimes, what i see is a library in a rural community. all the tall shelves in the big open room. and the… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
In his study of Atlanta over the last 60 years, Kevin Kruse convincingly describes the critical connections between race, Sun Belt suburbanization,… — Dan Carter Copy Share Image
With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts… — Douglas Kennedy Copy Share Image
Society definitely encourages and condones men's violence toward women. Not as much as it used to be when it was less visible,… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or… — Lance Burton Copy Share Image
One of the things we learned from that panel is the way poor communities use a library is very different from wealthy… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
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