Two things can make life meaningful: books and love. ...I already have books. Now I am setting off in search of love. — Joel Dicker Copy Share Image
I suppose I've been interested in Abraham Lincoln for almost as long as I can remember. My first Lincoln book was the… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the… — Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon Copy Share Image
I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
You really need to approach each book as if you have been a failure. . . . If you start to believe… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
One novel that I think is an overriding influence in my life is 'All the King's Men,' the most beautiful book written… — Andrew Gross Copy Share Image
I want my life to be like the books I use to read. So perfect! I dont even read anymore. So changed..… — Jade Copy Share Image
You must show how gruesome that death is because if you don't, then you turn into some kind of comic book and… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
If you look at the best-seller list, it is mostly thrillers. Very few books attempt to create an image of the life… — John Updike Copy Share Image
My life is split in three parts; I don't know the percentage. One could be called "chess" - the Kasparov Chess Foundation,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
One of the things that gives me a lot of pleasure about both the solo show and the book is that it… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
It always sounds kind of trivial, but when I was a kid I was always so impressed by how serious the comic… — Walter Hill Copy Share Image
“Almost every time I speak to teenagers, particularly young female students who want to talk to me about feminism, I find myself… — Laurie Penny Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
But this time I'm not to blame; I want you to believe that. I simply slipped into those violets. No, I want… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
none of what I know is out of books. ... I prefer tactual learning. Touching, on the quick of the sore nail,… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it… — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
At 13 I taught myself piano from an old song book, and Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now' was the first song I learned. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
“A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe. The house can catch alight and a reader deep in a book… — Lloyd Jones Copy Share Image
No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
In the University library he wandered through the stacks, among the thousands of books, inhaling the musty odor of leather, cloth, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“you poisoned me with a book once. I should not forgive that. Harry, promise me that you will never lend that book… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't cry too often reading books, but I did reading Francisco Goldman's autobiographical novel, 'Say Her Name.' — David Grann Copy Share Image
When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Freud wrote a book on the essence of humor, but he didn't know what he was talking about. Max Eastman wrote a… — John Gould Copy Share Image
Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical… — Frank Lampard Copy Share Image
It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and failed musician, short-sighted, colour-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“To dream of afar, to chase a star, to believe in Captain Hook. To dance with bears and have no cares, this… — H.L. Stephens Copy Share Image
Nobody had books at home. My dad was a very educated person, so he would have books at home. All Spanish books.… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
You may not agree, you may not care, but if you are holding this book you should know that of all the… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too.… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
My book is very wild. But you know during the period of BATMAN, that there were thousands of Batman and Robin costumes… — Burt Ward Copy Share Image
“But usually, I watched Linda read. I couldn't believe she'd read so much in summer! Sometimes she laughed, reading her book, and… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
I've read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad… — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
“Books,' I say sleepily. 'They don't change either. If you read a book and look at it again later on, it's still… — Truus Matti Copy Share Image
I used to read every golf magazine front to back; I was addicted to Golf Channel, read Rotella, read every golf book. — Trent Dilfer Copy Share Image
Since the choice of what we curl up with is often crucial for our solace and sanity, we need to learn how… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
