I feel like today we always glorify the young, just-plucked-from-college writer. But it's much harder to start writing later, in middle age,… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
A great comic-book cover occurs when it gets a potential reader to pick the book up and start thumbing through it. That's… — Adam Hughes Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite so irritating to an author as a family member's easy confidence that, of course, the book will come. — Carolyn Hart Copy Share Image
When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one's books and… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
What I always tell my clients is to put yourself in your potential customer's shoes - what would you want to hear… — Carol White Copy Share Image
“There are, you see, two ways of reading a book: you either see it as a box with something inside and start… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
“The book was sandwiched firmly between Analytic Keys to the Genera and Species of North American Mosses , and the Complete English-Russian… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
I didn't have a list of things I should do this year, next year, find a good novel, sign two stars and… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
The less you offer, the more readers are forced to bring the world to life with their own visual imaginings. I personally… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
A book becomes a mirror, with the author's face shining over it. Talent only gives an imperfect image,--the broken glimmer of a… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
... when one reflects on the books one never has written, and never may, though their schedules lie in the beautiful chirography… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
I think art world will have consolidated, I think it will slow down a little bit. I think it will be less… — Will Gompertz Copy Share Image
Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great thinkers who will… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
I wrote the book 'Grace, Gold & Glory' because I had to overcome many challenges and hardships. I wanted to share my… — Gabby Douglas Copy Share Image
I've always been into endurance sport, which I think is more about your mind pushing your body, which is definitely why that… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
Nothing in the next-door world of Dachau impinged on the great winter cycle of Beethoven chamber music played in Munich. No canvases… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
I'm a big comic book nerd so every time I'm in costume and see everyone in costume I'm just like "This is… — Franz Drameh Copy Share Image
No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of… — Donal Logue Copy Share Image
“Advertising, Marketing, PR can get more people to buy your book. Only great writing can get more people to love it.” — Ashok Banker Copy Share Image
Books may be written in all sorts of places. Verbal inspiration may enter the berth of a mariner on board a ship… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make… — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there… — Martial Copy Share Image
People say if you're doing an art project, that's different from a book, but I honestly don't see it. I try and… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a herculean task, but the toughest thing is to get convinced with your work, and finally give it… — Shivam Chaudhary Copy Share Image
You must talk to me, Caravaggio. Or am I just a book? Something to be read, some creature to be tempted out… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names. The answer is that this way readers always know which… — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
“Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to re-write the same old book with the same tired techniques. I’d rather bring something new to the table… — Veronika Carnaby Copy Share Image
Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect… — Felice Picano Copy Share Image
I read a zombie story, and I have nightmares for days. But my youngest sister loves zombie stories. So when she insisted… — Julie Ann Dawson Copy Share Image
“You would like to read, but somehow the rain gets into the book, too; not literally, and yet it really does, the… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image