I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning…Then… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Book depository is nothing new; there've been outlets selling books internationally via mail order for many decades - the only change is… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“I dread that awkward moment when a friend hands you the book that changed his or her life, and it is a… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I'm so not a comic book guy. The most I knew about 'The Flash,' as a little kid, was the Underoos. I… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
The writing in mathematics text is not only laconic to a fault; it is cold, monotonous, dry, dull, and even ungrammatical... The… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Based on paper, because of my size, a lot of promoters and hole-in-the-wall indies will book me against the local big guy. — Brian Cage Copy Share Image
I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of this desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Well, we look for sources of inspiration in pop culture in general. It's very important for us that, when it comes to… — Sam Lake Copy Share Image
“This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, rants, facts, contrivances, and incidents are either the product of the author’s… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
I think that I write much more naturally about characters in solitude than characters interacting with others. My natural inclination - and… — Stefan Merrill Block Copy Share Image
I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Sometimes I write with a particular person in mind. I think it's fair to say that I write for a perceptive reader.… — James Salter Copy Share Image
It always seemed to me that the herbaceous peony is the very epitome of June. Larger than any rose, it has something… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
“My mother tells Tina that she doesn't like books where the protagonist is established as Sad on page one. Okay, she's sad!… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
“Our body is a sacred temple A place to connect with people. As we aren't staying any younger We might as well… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
Freedom and confidence are two different things, in my book. Confidence is overrated - it can be faked, whereas freedom is fearlessness. — Emily Weiss Copy Share Image
I'm a big comic book person. I love Captain America. I like John Henry. I'm hoping to play one of the superhero… — Tom Lister, Jr Copy Share Image
You can do so much crazy stuff with books that isn't necessarily being done. That's how culture stays alive - by doing… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t going to compromise. I wanted the guy in the books. The book boyfriend must come to life. Otherwise there was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everyone's waiting for the seventh book, and looking at each other saying, 'Oh, I wonder will I be in the running? — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
I have so many books to write now. So I'll write from home. Sometimes I'm writing in the office too, in my… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I read (the books) without knowing what I was in for, and the best thing that can ever happen to a… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I think what happens is that we're so busy as pastors that we never get around to trying to turn that material… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Reading the final copy of my book was like walking down memory lane all over again. Sure, the writing process was emotional,… — Gigi Gorgeous Copy Share Image
I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books - used we call them, in a way that we'd… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all the books on the shelves to pale, gilded versions of themselves and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
That freedom of writing you don't get in other formats, I'd rather leave it to someone else to deal with the headache… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
For me, the experience of making the show is very much like being in a novel. I enjoy getting the new script.… — Billy Campbell Copy Share Image
Larry Geller’s Leaves of Elvis’ Garden is by far the best book I have ever read about Elvis. It is emotional, revealing… — Uri Geller Copy Share Image
If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle them, and, as it were, fondle them. Let them fall open… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“I’ve been thinking that you, me and Kristy should all have a sleepover or something like that. Wouldn‘t that be so cool!… — Matthew Leeth Copy Share Image
I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of… — Major Taylor Copy Share Image
There is not on the face of the earth-after the Book of Allah - a book which is more sahih than the… — Al-Shafi‘i Copy Share Image
People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Prolonged travel in the alternate world of books can also make a reader more prone to fantasy thinking and estranged from his… — Maureen Corrigan Copy Share Image
