Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books don’t sell… — Po Bronson Copy Share Image
There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Books light the fire-whether it's a book that's already written, or an empty journal that needs to be filled in. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“What if I just want to die?" "Then I will be sad and disappointed that you cheated yourself out of your chance… — Megan Bostic Copy Share Image
Atheists tend to read only each other’s books and not the work of the religious thinkers they are supposedly refuting. — Edward Feser Copy Share Image
I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Winnipeg Art Gallery has a good collection of Inuit art, and most of what I've seen I've seen there or in… — Neil Farber Copy Share Image
I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Where do we go from here? Would books help us?" "Only if the third necessary thing could be given us. Number one,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that,… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. The unity and… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I think I've been mildly obsessed with my hair. I don't think I have a hugely adversarial relationship with it. One my… — Elizabeth Benedict Copy Share Image
Books are influential in proportion to their obscurity, provided that the obscurity be that of inexpressible Realities. The Bible is the most… — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
... I'm the fortieth-ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what! What if someday she lets me kiss each one… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
People who were born alone are defined by feelings like "Who's gonna be with me when I die? Who will ever understand… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
When you're looking around for metaphor or simile, I do think it's often helpful to keep inside the world of the book,… — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
I was a very quiet kid who didn't feel normal being outgoing and running around, so all the beauty that was in… — Alison Sudol Copy Share Image
All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
While I shared many of the same emotions Bill describes, in no way did my experience ever degenerate into the grimness I… — Gary Lucas Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country, perhaps, but I don't believe it can… — Arnold Toynbee Copy Share Image
How can you read and talk at the same time?” I asked. “Well, I usually can’t, but neither the book nor the… — John Green Copy Share Image
I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here I am reading these wonderful lines. I think… — Meg Tilly Copy Share Image
The author creates a book and the people accept or not accept it. The creator of a book is an author and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I have not been in a book club where there were any men, and I have not, in fact, heard of book… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
We have organized lobbyists in favor of Israel. You can't open your mouth. I can call the president of the United States… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
I think to be a writer, you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The Book of Mormon is our handbook of instructions as we travel the pathway from bad to good to better and strive… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“I wanted to give a sense of the people of the book, the different hands that had made it, used it, protected… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
It is a most gratifying sign of the rapid progress of our time that our best text-books become antiquated so quickly. — Theodor Billroth Copy Share Image
I grew up reading comics - mostly Marvel - Doctor Strange was my favourite comic book and has remained my favourite as… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature,… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot… — Dick Schaap Copy Share Image
Rule books tell people what to do. Frameworks guide people how to act. Rule books insist on discipline. Frameworks allow for creativity. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I LOVED this book so much more than the movie. I read the book bofere seeing it at the movies was so… — Samantha Copy Share Image
Books are to be called for and supplied on the assumption that the process of reading is not a half-sleep, but in… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
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