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
While I was writing 'The Spare Room,' I thought, 'I'm going to look really bad in this book - there's no redeeming… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
He had no money and no home; he lived entirely on the road of the racing circuit, sleeping in empty stalls, carrying… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
I always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getting you books. Don't… — John Waters 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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
The upheavals of adolescence silenced 'A Christmas Carol' for a few years. I became a firebrand atheist. Christmas - humbug! Too commercial!… — Whitley Strieber 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
“..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
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
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
You dont know what goes on in anyones life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a persons… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
When we were first offered a book deal prior to Avon's, they were trying to get us to change it from the… — Kenny Loggins Copy Share Image
When I write a book... it's the same essential approach to music as with books. It has to be something I want… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
For years I've wanted to write a book about mummies, and had been following the science of mummy CT scans when the… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“And since a novel has this correspondence to real life, its values are to some extent those of real life. But it… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book?… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
In the Making Of book ["300"] there's a guy named Victor Davis Hanson who is a a frickin genius. He's a Greek… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently: they are most helplessly in its power. The men who… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I do a lot of research and yes, do know quite a few police officers, friends of mine and my husbands. However,… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing,… — Theodore Isaac Rubin Copy Share Image
But then, look at me. My brain is incorrectly formed, and I'm shaped like a tube. Plus, I'm an alcoholic, a "survivor"… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I do everything I watch, whether it's like a big comic book film that I've done or something very serious and raw.I… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
“I could not have written this book the way I wanted to without the insight of one such friend, Brent Dempsey. Thank… — Julie James Copy Share Image
“Isabel is looking at several collections of research journals. 'She would understand the issues if she chose to open one of the… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because… — Mo Willems Copy Share Image
I heard about the book and I said, 'Oh my god, I've got to read this book,' and I didn't know that… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The Lord has never indicated that black skin came because of being less faithful. Now, the Indian; we know why he has… — LeGrand Richards Copy Share Image
Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in… — Tillie Olsen Copy Share Image