I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
All the books I was reading as a teenager were about individuals having adventures. So I thought that was what writers were… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In my downtime, you'll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai… — Madhur Bhandarkar Copy Share Image
The governess was not much liked in the village. She was too tall, too fond of books, too grave, and, a curious… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Mostly I'm just writing books for the public, and so I try to describe for the public what the choices are, what… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
I had never read in public, never given an interview. I was doing it all and trying to produce the next book… — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
Seek to know God in your closets, call upon him in the fields. Follow the directions of the Book of Mormon, and… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Mark Twain was an artist working at the highest level. He wrote a book, his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, that… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
Since the purpose of reading, of education, is to become good, our most important task is to choose the right books. Our… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
And I think about my cell at the Pawiak prison. During the first week I felt I would not be able to… — Tadeusz Borowski Copy Share Image
When you lose the story that's running like a golden stream underneath all the other stories, you're left with the idea that… — Sally Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
After the birth of printing books became widespread. Hence everyone throughout Europe devoted himself to the study of literature... Every year, especially… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow. I… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Have you thought of an ending?" "Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant." "Oh, that won't do! Books ought to have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp., Yo, senor,… — Camilo Jose Cela Copy Share Image
Reading student papers, blue books, etc., a form of torture ... a matter of rubbing an iron file over one's teeth, or… — Newton Arvin Copy Share Image
I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual.… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists. — Annalena McAfee Copy Share Image
I'm very much a people-pleaser, and with a book out, I had to learn that you can't please everybody with your book. — Becky Albertalli Copy Share Image
Plot is tremendously important to me: I can't stand books where nothing happens, and I can't imagine ever writing a novel without… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
The book that meant most to me was 'The Wind in the Willows.' It sounds ridiculous, but that was my vision of… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I simply went down there to catch up with an old mate of mine, who owns the place. He's the one who… — Bryan Brown Copy Share Image
I don't make that decision [what next book will be] until I've read enough to know that I've got something different to… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The Book of Mormon is concrete and solid, they can hold it, and they can visualize that they have to pray to… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
We book people are always preaching about reading aloud to children, but unless you do, you can't realize how it enriches family… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
All writers believe in the magic of books; Jim Hines has created a system where that magic becomes real, usable, and very… — Tanya Huff Copy Share Image
For pleasure, I'll read military sf, or Elmore Leonard capers, anything that's fast and fun. Otherwise, I mostly pick at books, without… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“This is no book; Who touches this, touches a man; (Is it night? Are we here alone?) It is I you hold,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
A movie is just like a work of art or a book or a piece of music. The intent of its maker… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
So often we are too lazy or too distracted to see with care. Images come into our retinas, and our minds have… — Gunilla Brodde Norris Copy Share Image
“You know you're in a bad patch when the most interesting part of the book you're reading is the acknowledgments page.” — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
I want to have time. When you're doing a monthly book, you're like a man racing after a bus. You're breathless and… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“I don't know,' Del said. 'I read this book. I guess you could say we were looking for a better life.' 'Did… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
If you have five weeks to write an episode of television or seven months to write a movie or several years to… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
For so long, I just let people surmise what they would about my life and my choices, and other people have written… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are free to burn the Qur’an or any other book, and to criticize Muhammad or any other human being. Let no… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“It seemed any young woman at odds with her place in life--be she a genteel lady or a serving girl--might find a… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
![“Seek to know God in your closets, call upon him in the fields. Follow the directions of the Book of Mormon, and pray over, and for your families, your cattle, your flocks, your herds, your corn, and all things that you possess [see Alma 34:18-27]; ask the blessing of God upon all your labors, and…” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/27d/joseph-smith-jr-1647_all-things_seek-to-know-god-in-your-closets-call-up_2151673.png)
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