An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.” — John Milton Copy Share Image
“I recalled how the old bookseller had always told me that books have a soul, the soul of the person who wrote… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I read all types of books. I read Christian books, I read black novels, I read religious books. I read stuff like… — Tee Grizzley Copy Share Image
When I start to write, I see my stories as a kind of movie. For instance, I ask myself, "What kind of… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
I think as an author you have to allow a movie to be separate from the book. It's an entirely different animal.… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Only one hour in the normal day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed with a book before going to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But a book suggests conversation: one person is speaking to another, and audible sound is, or should be, natural to that exchange.… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I realize that this is not what you want to put on a cover with Wonder Woman emblazoned on it. She could… — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
It's no wonder we don't defend the land where we live. We don't live here. We live in television programs and movies… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
If you're a fan of it, there's a lot of things that plays into what the fans of the series want. If… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I used to be pro-choice."..."I was once pro-choice and the thing that changed my mind was, I read my husband's biology books,… — Kathy Ireland Copy Share Image
I first heard the term "meta-novel" at a writer's conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The idea is that even though each book in… — Carolyn Wheat Copy Share Image
Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
If you ever go home with somebody and they don't have books in their house, don't sleep with them. I think that's… — John Waters Copy Share Image
[In the Flash my character] is not even CSI, it's forensic, talking about the stratum corneum...Yeah, I was referring to my Latin… — Tom Felton Copy Share Image
I always thought happiness was a choice and I always chose things that made me happy, and books were one of those. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Delving into the past had unveiled a cruel lesson - that in the book of life it is perhaps best not to… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Think of how much time is spent looking and applying for jobs. Some of those who have read my book on the… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S.… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad… — Alice Thomas Ellis Copy Share Image
I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
I have adapted the whole book [Candid] into tweets of 140 characters, and these are being sent out daily, at the rate… — Mark Ravenhill Copy Share Image
“A book is like a person, and one's reaction to a person invariably has more to do with one's own personality and… — Chandler Burr Copy Share Image
Coach Wooden, when he speaks, you listen. I've taken a lot of things from him and his little blue book because to… — Kevin Love Copy Share Image
“Hooray! I finally finished making a new book cover. Now I just need to write the book. The cover is the image… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I've always loved reading fantasy. I used to pick out all the books in the library that had the little unicorn sticker… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
So go back to the books. They will comfort you and cheer you. If you earnestly work with them, neither sorrow nor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When you write a book and leave your readers emotional when they're done reading it. Then and only then you have connected… — Jerry Don Nicholes Sr Copy Share Image
I was kind of an outsider growing up, and I preferred reading to being with other kids. When I was about seven,… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
Translate a book a dozen times from one language to another, and what becomes of its style? Most books would be worn… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Now may this little Book a blessing be To those that love this little Book, and me: And may its Buyer have… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Life is like a book ; some chapters are sad , some are happy and some exciting . But if you never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving. — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
It's not uncommon for men to show up at my book signings or to send me emails with their thoughts about my… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
I was a mess-up in school, a big mess-up. I was into history and English, because there were always stories, like 'Dracula'… — Barry Keoghan Copy Share Image
Nobody knows who Barry Crump is, anywhere, but in New Zealand he's huge. I am of that age, where I sort of… — Sam Neill Copy Share Image