“She has just written a book too; bizarre sort of thing called the ‘Rent Veil’ or the ‘Torn Scarf’ or something like… — Rebecca N. Porter Copy Share Image
I had a talk with the president of my publisher, and he averred that e-books are dropping off . So I wonder… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
“A story can always break into pieces while it sits inside a book on a shelf; and, decades after we have read… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
“And as he watched them walk out of the orphanage, Thomas Carter would think of their lives as the blank pages of… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas. — Maira Kalman Copy Share Image
It was unimaginable what happens to you when you get known for a book that everybody reads, or that everybody has heard… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Well, Bradbury's a genius. Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books of all time, and The Illustrated Man as a collection… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
Webster and I are very aloof. The two of us go and sit there by ourselves. I sit by myself in the… — Calista Flockhart Copy Share Image
When they took a young man into Tellson's London house, they hid him somewhere till he was old. They kept him in… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When you're reading, you're laughing and not quite noticing what's happening. One second you're still kind of chuckling, and then all of… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
Many writers hate the shilling process, and I understand that. However, it's really the only thing about the publication process you can… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
Books on scientific photography with such beauty, breadth, and insight are rare. Felice Frankel's Envisioning Science is chock full of mind-boggling images… — Clifford A. Pickover Copy Share Image
The future of narrative? Built in, part of the human template. Not going away. The future of the codex book, with pages… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
“God doesn’t promise us escape from suffering or pain. Rather, He promises to miraculously use even bad situations for your ultimate good.” — Jim George Copy Share Image
If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The attraction of reading is that it allows you to live, for a few hours, as someone else—grants you access to their… — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
“A book is a magic carpet that flies you off somewhere. A book is a door. You open it. You step through.… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Some people don't like my fiction, because they prefer the nonfiction. But moving around keeps the work fresh for me and, hopefully,… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Wait. Is this book about aliens?” She snatched it back from me. “Yes.” “Really?” “But they’re hot aliens.” She tapped on the… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
A cashmere knit is like a book. It is something to save and go back to time after time. It is the… — Brunello Cucinelli Copy Share Image
Whoever thinks war allows for lasting victories should take a look at European history books and learn their lesson. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When I read scripts and when I read books, it's more of an emotional response and I was really drawn to these… — Katie Holmes Copy Share Image
Forget about every other lesson in the book. You have to be able to tap your foot or else none of what… — Al Di Meola Copy Share Image
We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration,… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
My ideal is a book that is perfect on every page, that gives you tremendous aesthetic joy on every page. I suppose… — James Salter Copy Share Image
I was very lucky to befriend many authors before even signing with an agent, and they were all so supportive of me… — Adam Silvera Copy Share Image
To be able to talk to your heart’s content about a book you like with someone who feels the same way about… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Do you have any old copies of Dickens? Bookseller: We've got a copy of David Copperfield from 1850 for $150. Customer: Why… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
The Marvel universe is a deep, weird, woolly place, and getting to expose strange corners of it is part of the fun… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“What kind of girl reads Wealth of Nations for fun?” She closed the book and looked at the front jacket, then at… — Jill Barnett Copy Share Image
In our house we repeated the pattern of thousands of other homes. There were a few books and a lot of music.… — Emanuel Celler Copy Share Image
Books gave us a way to shape ourselves - to form our thoughts and to signal to each other who we were… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
If you don't read, I don't know how to communicate with you...I can never express who I am in my own words… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
