“The Book Lover:- See how I have come up in the World, because of my books. I pull the covers agape, pages… — Catriona Malan Copy Share Image
There's so many different kinds of rights to consider these days: computer, e-book, all sorts of things. Forget foreign rights and entertainment… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
My dad was in the Swedish armed forces, he was always reading up on different weapons from the Americans and Soviets. When… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
To understand oneself requires patience, tolerant awareness; the self is a book of many volumes which you cannot read in a day,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Superheroes are also about immigrants. Superman, the prototype of all superheroes, is a prototypical immigrant. His homeland was in crisis, so his… — Gene Luen Yang Copy Share Image
“She wanted to own a book so badly and she had thought the copying would do it. But the pencilled sheets did… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Mo Willems was so helpful. I had met him a number of times, and I knew from his books how funny he… — Laurie Keller Copy Share Image
Literature, like anything else, can become a wearisome business if you make a lifetime specialty of it. A healthy, wholesome man would… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The problem is the book business is changing so we're in a difficult moment now and if the business model is changing,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I certainly wasn't born with creative writing. Maybe there's a certain amount of learning and then it's up to the person. I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Kill me, Doug. Just kill me now. Put me out of my misery.” “Christ, Kincaid, what did you say to him?” murmured… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I did one interview with the Atlantic. It was very interesting; I could write an entire book on that one experience. I've… — Paul Marcarelli Copy Share Image
A lot of the book [The Yoga of Max's Discontent] is about karma and rebirth. Things like that are very attuned to… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
When the landscape buckles and jerks around, when a dust column of debris rises from the collapse of a block of buildings… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
When you read a book [The Hunger Games], you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Who were my mentors in poetry and literature? This is a matter of opinion. Some see in my books the influences of… — Shmuel Yosef Agnon Copy Share Image
I don't trust books. They're all fact, no heart. And that's exactly what's pulling our country apart today. Because face it, folks,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
It’s like saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder: what appears to be beautiful today may not be judged beautiful… — Peter M. Brant Copy Share Image
The book is closed, the year is done, the pages full of tasks begun. A little joy, a little care, along with… — Arch Ward Copy Share Image
The other thing that I got back then - the Parker novels have never had much of anything to do with race.… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll be fifty, sixty pages into something and I'll still be calling a character "X." I don't have a very clear… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
An ignorant man believes that the whole universe only exists for him: as if nothing else required any consideration. If, therefore, anything… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
“A procession of the damned: By the damned I mean the excluded. We shall have a procession of data that science has… — Charles Fort Copy Share Image
As an actor, you generally don't get to choose what projects you are part of, so I've been very fortunate that 'The… — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
“One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is… — A.A. Milne Copy Share Image
One of the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you'll generally like… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
I have carefully and regularly perused the Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume contains more sublimity, purer morality, more… — William Jones Copy Share Image
What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
It was a long time ago. I was talking to a friend about astrology, and he mentioned the Seth books. I'd never… — Francis Dunnery Copy Share Image
In 'The Plato Papers' I wanted to get another perspective on the present moment by extrapolating into the distant future. So in… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
I've heard that some authors do dream their books and I would love that if it happened to me, but so far… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Revolutions existed in history, books were written about them, and lectures given: they were complicated phenomena, scientific, remote. While here, the riot… — Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia Copy Share Image
There are some good teachers out there, but the only one who is a genius at diagnosing my swing is my mom.… — Boo Weekley Copy Share Image
My personal view is that reading has to be balanced. Obviously, there's a certain amount of reading that we have to do… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is perfect in the same way that The Great Gatsby is perfect. Take a pencil and… — William McKeen Copy Share Image
At a tender age, I commandeered half a quire of foolscap from my father's desk and sat down to write a book.… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
In terms of the economics, yes obviously the rise of e-books and how people choose to read books has a big effect… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
I never thought about whether film is inherently more sincere, because certainly I think if Guy Maddin had directed A Series Of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“Always be reading. Go to the library. There’s magic in being surrounded by books. Get lost in the stacks. Read bibliographies. It’s… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
![“A lot of the book [The Yoga of Max's Discontent] is about karma and rebirth. Things like that are very attuned to my life as an Indian, but when I approach it from a perspective of a Westerner, then I have a skeptical, yet kind of novice view on it. I think that choice really liberated the story…” quote by Karan Bajaj](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/0e9/karan-bajaj-14774_approach_a-lot-of-the-book-the-yoga-of-max-s-disc_2825213.jpg)
![“When you read a book [The Hunger Games], you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination. In the book, it's great when she can push a button and food comes up, as per your order.” quote by Nina Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/91a/nina-jacobson-8759_bandwidth_when-you-read-a-book-the-hunger-games-yo_1333492.jpg)
![“I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way in which Edwards was steeped in the Bible, so that it shaped the whole of his thinking.” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/9d2/oliver-d-crisp-12863_bible_i-recommend-doug-sweeney-s-recent-book-j_1302304.jpg)
