When I left college I thought - based on a staggeringly inadequate understanding of how the world worked - that I might… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Novels should be judged rigorously. Either a book works or it doesn't. The fact that something is true in the real world… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends. — Mas Oyama Copy Share Image
It's black women as perpetual sidekick. We need to hear from more women's voices. And it would be nice to see some… — Cheryl Lynn Copy Share Image
We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage… — LeVar Burton Copy Share Image
What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
“He always had books. Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them… — John Green Copy Share Image
J.P. Donleavy - now he's one writer I am consistent with. He's written books that I can definitely connect with. He has… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I didn't study anything really. I didn't learn out of the books because I couldn't read music very well, so it is… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
I admire Virginia Woolf so much that I wonder why I don't like her more. She makes the inner things real, she… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“This is a book about fracture. About the experiences that make up a life. About the pieces of me. Delving into naked… — Rachel Thompson Copy Share Image
Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. Sure, I'll have characters drop… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
He Stopped Loving Her Today" a fascinating book about the making of a record. Really, to be honest, it has some of… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I read the 'Twilight' books before the movie and the whole craze happened. And then I loved it. I was in love… — Nina Dobrev Copy Share Image
I think sometimes the way to preserve the magic of a book is to throw it away - meaning, not to cling… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“Once you can write an alphabet, you can write a book of 100 million pages. It's just a matter of believing it… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Wandering the book fair at AWP is a great way to get acquainted with a wide sampling of the diverse journals that… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something… My theory is a children's book... can be just for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If I were a cop, and I caught a criminal, I’d throw the book at them. A heavy book, like an unabridged… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I read differently now, more painstakingly, knowing I am probably revisiting the books I love for the last time. (245) — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Sometimes I miss my family badly. In those weak moments, books come to my rescue because they help me think differently. — P. R. Sreejesh Copy Share Image
This book will take you two days to read. Did you even see the cover? It’s mostly pink. If you’re reading this… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I'm very much afraid that… — Hafez Copy Share Image
I do believe, especially with the character of Batman, that the tone and the mood of the book is 80% of the… — David Finch Copy Share Image
I'm done. I'm going to go to bed and read important books about theater." "It would would be easier if you just… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
The book has many different characteristics: some are extremely old-fashioned storytelling traits, but there are also a fair number of postmodern traits,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
If a man’s house is full of medicine bottles, we infer the man is an invalid. But if his house is full… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
Some people learn from books, some listen to the advice of others, some learn from mistakes. I fit into the last category.… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
“Every reader writes the book he or she reads, supplying what isn't there, and that creative invention becomes the book.” — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Books are our windows on the world. They permit us to safely experience other lives and ways of thinking and feeling. Books… — Harry Mazer Copy Share Image
I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
If Francoise Sagan hadn't written a book called A Chateau in Sweden, I would certainly write a short story called A Chateau… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
