When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing… — Mike Greenberg Copy Share Image
Many [book] even lay flat in the floor open. Their spines upward. Elinor couldn't bear to look! Didn't the monster know that… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
As it was, I couldn't escape the feeling that I was out of my element. I found myself thinking of a book… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
What did Napolean do for relaxation? He read a book. What did Lincoln do for relaxation? He read a book. What does… — Jimmy Durante Copy Share Image
The Mirror Empire is the most original fantasy I've read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas,… — Adrian Tchaikovsky Copy Share Image
This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
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Combining the experience of a seasoned university president with the analysis of a respected legal scholar, Derek Bok explores what he concludes… — Frank H. T. Rhodes Copy Share Image
I would love to do a musical. I would love that. I would have to find the right book, the right story,… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I was looking at books and reading the indexes and finding a next book and reading that book, and then from that… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
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The seriousness or otherwise of the subject matter is often irrelevent to the question of whether a book is any good. F… — Declan Lynch Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that 'The Fabric of the Cosmos' is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
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But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world. — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Open your eyes at last and see...now I will open the book of the world for you,there are no words in it,just… — Oskar Kokoschka Copy Share Image
In the past, I travelled with 'The Hero and the Crown' by Robin McKinley: I suffer from a fear of flying, and… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
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I am influenced by books which don't have their eye on the endgame, but which try to be entertaining on each and… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
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Anyone who was tempted to draw comparisons between my father's 'Dave Robicheaux' series and my first book quickly gave up. — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
I have a Facebook page and a website. Beyond that, I'm actually a very private person. I'd rather see the focus on… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
Yet when the books have been read, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them — Walter Farley Copy Share Image
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My grandfather Edward was a great inspiration to me - my ultimate hero. He bought me a book with a glossary of… — George Clarke Copy Share Image
When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
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Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
As for anticipation, you never know what to expect of a book. They're like kids: you bring them into the world, fret… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
The ability to absorb a book and make someone else's words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on… — Alan King Copy Share Image
I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
As Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman document in their book Networked, people who are heavily socially active online tend to be also… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
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