If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive,… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“Jesus never wrote a book; never went outside his country. His only legacy was to never compromise the good. And it was… — psyche roxas-mendoza Copy Share Image
One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“Dedication: For John, who said, "You know what this book needs? More fire. And maybe some swords." This ONE time, honey, you… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Baby, when you were young and your heart was an open book, you used to say live and let live. You know… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“You are not an "author," you are a writer. If your books are still selling like hotcakes ten years after your demise,… — H.P. Oliver Copy Share Image
I like to think that when I fall, A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea, This shelf of books along the wall, Beside… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge,… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Why did I like simpler songs? Just times change. This is one of the repeated things I hear: even though people will… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
My first favourite book was 'Are You My Mother?' A picture book about a lost bird. After that my favourites changed almost… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
If someone's going to publish a book about addiction, it has to say something new and different. It has to be something… — Charles Adams Copy Share Image
The Bible is not a book that you can open and say, 'Now, Lord, put some magic into my soul that will… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have forced books… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If there's a therapist who wants a writing project, I think there's a need for a book about how the culture affects… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the oddest: that kids have an inordinate appetite for very long,… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
Art shouldn't be locked away in galleries and libraries and books. Art should be for everybody and not just art buffs, historians… — Julian Beever Copy Share Image
“I wrote this book for the Nelson Mandela's of our communities who are willing to stand up for change and people who… — Sahndra Fon Dufe Copy Share Image
Loads of children read books about dinosaurs, underwater monsters, dragons, witches, aliens, and robots. Essentially, the people who read SF, fantasy and… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
The main character in the book is usually someone you're identifying with because the story is being told through this person's mind. — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
“A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. . . . If it is a… — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
I'm one of six children. I'd love to sound educated and say I dive into a good book when I'm there, but… — Kate Spade Copy Share Image
I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I'm never, I hope, stupid enough to believe that Twitter or blogging or any of this stuff is a substitute for actually… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Tyler Nichols. Ellen grimaced dryly–the name sounded like a character from a book. And not necessarily a book she trusted the outcome… — Alicia A. Willis Copy Share Image
In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a fashion designer, although there is a book somewhere of fashion design I did for a collection… — Gwendoline Christie Copy Share Image
I can't write a scene unless I've visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that's why a lot of reviewers… — Eric Van Lustbader Copy Share Image
The two things I enjoy the most about writing are the first page of a book and the last. What's in between… — Rachel Gibson Copy Share Image
My writing, I am prepared to think, may be a substitute for something I have been born without - a so-called normal… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
I'm excited about how books work in a digital age. When you read a book, unlike a film, you are decoding symbols… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
“You're the absolute protagonist of this book, very well; but do you believe that gives you the right to have carnal relations… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I spend so much time on the Internet...I feel like I'm a million pages into the worst book ever, and I'm never… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a… — Confucius Copy Share Image
I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me,… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the… — Rose Kennedy Copy Share Image
