After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them. — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.” — Kevis Hendrickson Copy Share Image
The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
I want to read a lot of books and not live lazily. I want to become intellectual. — Minzy Copy Share Image
Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death. — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
When I was 15 my great Aunt Nancy gave me a book of Alan Bennett plays, and I thought he was the… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Slothful, feeble, pretentious, pedantic, elitist - these are some of the epithets that eventually become associated with the absent minded scholar, the… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I was suppose to write a book about being a mom, to organize my thoughts into chapters and figure out a structure… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of books is that we read them, and if you find you can't, it might not be your inadequacy… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I wrote the book based on a blog that I keep. I also tweet. I don't think that for an incredibly old… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
"Biblical theology" refers to something more precise than theology that is faithful to the Bible. It might be helpful to draw a… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
“It was the fangirl code for every book geek: read, chat, squeal. Re-read, chat, and squeal again, until it’s all over and… — Rachael Wade Copy Share Image
Herein, folks, lies the answer of [Donald] Trump's success. In other words, the media covers things as stories that you would read… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“People who make snide comments to authors like "anyone can write a book" or "well, you did it, so obviously I can/it… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
Long experience has taught me that people who do not like geraniums have something morally unsound about them. Sooner or later you… — Beverley Nichols Copy Share Image
When I was young, my knowledge of the literary world was a distorted tabloid sketch of dazzling fame, suffering genius, and tragic… — Robin Beth Schaer Copy Share Image
I loved reading historical novels when I was young, but I definitely don't think I wrote one. When I read my book… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I am never much interested in the effects of what I write…I seldom read with any attention the reviews of my...books. Two… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image