At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“I used to pinch those pages closed when I read the book to keep from having to see Joan [of Arc] fail.… — Madeleine George Copy Share Image
Reading has made me more open, has improved my understanding, and has made me a better artiste, but it also makes me… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
“I work [at a library] because I love books, because I'm inveterately curious, and because, like most librarians, I'm not well suited… — Josh Hanagarne Copy Share Image
I just love those [saying of Christ ]: "Father forgive them, they know not what they do. I thirst. It is finished.… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
For a while I used to listen to those whispers about babies costing you books, and Cyril Connolly's loathsome quote that "There… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
When I'm really plugged in I find it difficult to write. It's like digging a well. If you make a void, something… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Forth from the war emerging,a book I have made, the words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything, a book… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
You write a book and you finish the book. That's your job done, right? You win the Booker and you have a… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
Well, part of it is the general fascination with the Amish. It's an extremely popular genre and Beverly Lewis just happens to… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
I read hard, or not at all; never skimming, never turning aside to merely inciting books; and Plato, Aristotle, Butler, Thucydides, Sterne,… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
Since we own our bodies, we also inevitably own the effects of our actions, be they good or bad. If we own… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Sometimes you write and you find yourself almost wondering how it will turn out. I don't think every writer sort of almost… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
Books have their destinies like men. And their fates, as made by generations of readers, are very different from the destinies foreseen… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
We need prizes as publishers... to focus attention on books, for people to know what to go look for. But often in… — Jonathan W. Galassi Copy Share Image
“So this is supposed to be the how, and when, and why, and what or reading - about the way that, when… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
... because real thoughts come from outside and travel with us like the noodle soup we take to work; in other words,… — Bohumil Hrabal Copy Share Image
I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It is inconceivable that anyone will divulge a truly effective get-rich scheme for the price of a book. There is ample opportunity… — Victor Niederhoffer Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
People are constantly telling me, whether they are friends who feel sorry for me, because I can't find a place to live,… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I decided to read something I normally hate: a cosy mystery. You know one of those mysteries where everything is tidily wrapped… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
“I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that… — Heather Demetrios Copy Share Image
Let's say I'm on the policy wonk end of the spectrum. As much as I can dive into a briefing book and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The tree I had in the garden as a child, my beech tree, I used to climb up there and spend hours.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I was approached by this guy Chris Renshaw, who had read my book and had read Leigh's book. He wanted to incorporate… — Boy George Copy Share Image
I agree that we should regard all books of the Bible as equally inspired - and important. But some come into sharp… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
The interview process tests not what the applicant knows, but how well they can process tricky questions: If you wanted to figure… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“I like to skip prewriting. I love just jumping into the actual writing process. Then I revise/edit and fix what I need… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
It's just the garbage in/garbage out trick. If you're not taking any fiction in, good or bad, then how can you be… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
The place that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the,… — John William Fletcher Copy Share Image
“I thought that to get to know a desert it was enough to have been there. I thought that to have seen… — J.M.G. Le Clézio Copy Share Image
When a movie is being made out of a book, there is a mixed reaction on the part of fans because they… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“I, too, feel the need to reread the books I have already read," a third reader says, "but at every rereading I… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
My office has been one of the most scrupulous in the country with regard to the protection of individual rights. I've been… — Jim Garrison Copy Share Image
O thou who art able to write a Book, which once in the two centuries or oftener there is a man gifted… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Take a moment to reflect upon the existence of the musical The Book of Mormon. Now imagine the security precautions that would… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
![“I used to pinch those pages closed when I read the book to keep from having to see Joan [of Arc] fail. But now I love that picture. I love it so much. I love how Joan kept going right up to the end. It reminds me that sometimes defeat is the price of taking action. If you do something, you become…” quote by Madeleine George](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/6a9/madeleine-george-41838_book_i-used-to-pinch-those-pages-closed-when_840251.jpg)
![“I work [at a library] because I love books, because I'm inveterately curious, and because, like most librarians, I'm not well suited to anything else. As a breed, we're the ultimate generalists. I'll never know everything about anything, but I'll know something about almost everything and that's…” quote by Josh Hanagarne](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/2cd/josh-hanagarne-28382_book_i-work-at-a-library-because-i-love-books_978428.jpg)
![“I just love those [saying of Christ ]: "Father forgive them, they know not what they do. I thirst. It is finished. Into Your hands I commit My spirit. Today you will be with Me in paradise." That was really the heart of the second book I wrote called No Wonder They Call Him Savior.” quote by Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/975/max-lucado-190_book_i-just-love-those-saying-of-christ-fathe_1659891.jpg)
![“I was approached by this guy Chris Renshaw, who had read my book and had read Leigh's book. He wanted to incorporate both characters - he probably felt Leigh wasn't famous enough and he realized Leigh [Bowery] and I were associated.” quote by Boy George](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/966/boy-george-1385_book_i-was-approached-by-this-guy-chris-rensh_2018824.jpg)
