I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River, when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
'Korra' is its own series. Obviously it's tied in, in the same world, a similar story, but it's not just 'Book Four'… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
There are books that one needs maturity to enjoy just as there are books an adult can come on too late to… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
I'm about to read Scott Turow's 'Innocent.' I've been hungry for this book since he first told me it was in the… — Ridley Pearson Copy Share Image
Whether you're writing a book or a song or whatever, you've got to be involved in it. It's got to come from… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
... a phallocentric culture is more likely to begin its censorship purges with books on pelvic self-examination for women or bookscontaining lyrical… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
“The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Hair the color of lemons,'" Rudy read. His fingers touched the words. "You told him about me?" At first, Liesel could not… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think there seems to be a need for escapism at the moment. Maybe that's the type of world we're living in.… — Colin Morgan Copy Share Image
“I found that I could not contemplate an adult life in which books were not dominant. I wanted to live and work… — Clifford Currie Librarian of the Ashmolean Library Oxford Copy Share Image
It was easy to get a job at the Cedar Bar because people came and went, but I didn't like the atmosphere.… — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
So then the year is repeating its old story again. We are come once more, thank God! to its most charming chapter.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite obsessed by thoughts about sentencing, punishment, how… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
Teachers have almost stopped reading aloud to their classes because of the pressure of testing and tight curricula, but it is the… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
'Les Miserables', the book, 'Les Miserables', the musical - it's about giving; it's about goodness. It's about compassion and love. — Colm Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Book in relaxation time as you would book in everything else. Back in the day, as an athlete, that was important. — Colin Jackson Copy Share Image
A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. You prime a pump with your own… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens. — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Editing requires you to be always open, always responding. It is very important, for example, not to allow yourself to want the… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
For me, audio books was about when you can't actually physically get hold of a book, like when you're driving. It's a… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“If every book was judged by its cover, very few would be read; education would be limited, and fewer movies would be… — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
“When you give someone a book, you don’t give him just paper, ink, and glue. You give him the possibility of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's pretty lonely and sad to be single. Every night was the same for me, I'd go home and curl up in… — Tom Arnold Copy Share Image
I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America and the writings of the… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
I'm a real dumb-dumb in real life. I'm just book smart. But definitely not street smart. The other day I lost my… — Masi Oka Copy Share Image
And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Talking, is a digestive process which is absolutely essential to the mental constitution of the man who devours many books. — William Matthews Copy Share Image
I've been teaching classes on memoirs since 1986, and I've been reading them all my life, and I think that I would… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
“My favourite book is my dictionary. It excites me. Each time I open it, the endless possibilities come tumbling out. It’s Alice… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as… — Danielle Steel Copy Share Image
'Dhalgren' is the kind of book in which you can look for pretty much anything you want. I tried to put as… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
One day's exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books. See how willingly Nature poses herself upon photographers' plates. No earthly… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Not in this specific form. But all great cities are inhabited by ghosts. A book of this kind could probably be written… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
How do you know that?" "Because,"Chong said with raised eyebrows,"when you open those things called 'books',there are words as well as pictures.Sometimes… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
