When I receive a new novel from a hopeful publisher - "hoping that I like the book as much as he does"… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I'd like to give every young teacher some good news. Teaching is a very easy job. Administrators will tell you what to… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
I could, of course, have done no more if no less than affiliated myself in one way or another with a particular… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Writing, and especially writing a novel, where you get to sit in a room by yourself with either a pen and a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“We must find a balance between "reddish whites," "bluish whites" and "yellowish whites," and decide on the proper length and thickness of… — Kenya Hara Copy Share Image
I don't spend much on clothes. I buy old books. I tell myself I ought to save - it's the classic Northern… — Alan Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
There is a story in the book Night Shift, called 'The Mangler,' about a laundry machine that takes on a sort of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“You should read this book’ almost never simply means you should read this book. It is usually far more fraught. Telling someone… — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
If you're a prostitute, this is your day: You party, you have customers until four or six in the morning, then you… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
Carl Jung tells in one of his books of a conversation he had with a Native American chief who pointed out to… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
A big part of my book deals with the caliber of journalism. Our journalism in general is deplorable, and on elections in… — Robert Waterman McChesney Copy Share Image
She threw the door open. The room seemed to be a sort of library, the walls lined with books. It was brightly… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
As a youngster, I had friends who became lawyers and doctors, and I was as idealistic as anybody. When I was in… — William Sanderson Copy Share Image
Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
That's the only interaction I have with people, those talking shows. Most of the people in my phone book are artists, management,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I picked up one of the books and flipped through it. Don't get me wrong, I like reading. But some books should… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“..reading a book doesn’t mean just turning the pages. It means thinking about it, identifying parts that you want to go back… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Frog said, 'I wrote 'Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.' 'Oh,' said Toad,… — Arnold Lobel Copy Share Image
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My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Just as the office worker dreams of murdering his hated boss and so is saved from really murdering him, so it is… — Ernesto Sabato Copy Share Image
I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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We must not falsely teach American history in our schools. We have a law requiring state textbook oversight to guard against frauds… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
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Fiction allows us to slide into these other heads, these other places, and look out through other eyes. And then in the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Matthew Vaughn phoned me up and he said, "Hey, listen, the movie has just done gangbusters. We've got to do the second… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Jack Bogle's passionate cry of Enough! contains a thought-provoking litany of life lessons regarding our individual roles in commerce and society. Employing… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
A few doors away was the Baptist Church, and as I walked towards it I began to think that people didn't want… — Can Themba Copy Share Image
No time spent with a book is ever entirely wasted, even if the experience is not a happy one: there’s always something… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
It has long been a source of wonder to me why the leading criminological writers--men like Edmund Lester Pearson, H. B. Irving,… — S. S. Van Dine Copy Share Image
In the usual way I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
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