I am Plato's Republic. Mr. Simmons is Marcus. I want you to meet Jonathan Swift, the author of that evil political book,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment.… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I literally wrote a book on it called Your Roadmap For Success. And in it I said success is three things: knowing… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I'm not the creative one. I know that. If Rory Storm hadn't come along... and then The Beatles... I would have continued… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
I don't understand the feeling of, the way people speak of writing as though it were, like, some kind of djinn to… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
when I walk into an apartment with books on the shelves, books on the bedside tables, books on the floor, and books… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
I never really set out to research any of these stories. I try to lead an interesting life though. I guess the… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
One day I gave Clifford a bath. And I combed his hair and took hom to the dog show. I'd like to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After my grandfather died I went down to the basement of my family house where my family kept books, anthologies and things… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms has signed a deal with Random House to write his memoirs. Scholars will no doubt benefit from… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
Physical immortalists today, those who think science will find a way to keep us young forever, would call Hanaya Yanagihara scenario the… — Adam Gollner Copy Share Image
I still don't like the word agnostic. It's too fancy. I'm simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is,… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
After long absence, of return / To my dear home - Oh, happiness! / To lie in blissful consciousness / Of all… — Caroline Anne Southey Copy Share Image
Every religion oppresses women. I talk about the Koran because I know this book best. It allows for torture and other mistreatment,… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right… — John Green Copy Share Image
It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values - the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there are boundless stores of moral and historic… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
Vicky became more serious and her tone more reflective as she remarked, "Life has so much pain that one needs a catharsis.… — Flora Rheta Schreiber Copy Share Image
The boundary between expert and amateur was an imposed social-cultural "protection" which actually exposed a number of women to a fatal disease,… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
When I was 40, I wrote my first book, The Pilgrimage, and I said to myself, "why did it take so long… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Many of the narratives can only tend to excite ideas the worst calculated for a female breast: Every thing is called plainly… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
The Book of Mormon is no fake. I know what I know. I have seen what I have seen and I have… — Martin Harris Copy Share Image
As you leave these gates and re-enter society, one thing is certain. Everyone out there is going to hate you. Never tell… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“Welcome to Book-a-holic Anonymous. Hi, I'm Jazz and I am addicted to the written word. I love the smell of the blackest… — Jazz Feylynn Copy Share Image
I teach something called The Law of Probabilities, which says the more things you try, the more likely one of them will… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
I'm not currently into economic textbooks, but my grandchildren tell me that the book by Gregory Mankiw, former head of the white… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Just remember: you're not a 'dummy,' no matter what those computer books claim. The real dummies are the people who-though technically expert-couldn't… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
When I had finished the book I knew that no matter what Scott did, nor how he behaved, I must know it… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Robert Glennon is a leading-edge legal scholar and passionate water advocate whose thinking is central to an intense debate on the path… — Maude Barlow Copy Share Image
One of the things about the arts that is so important is that in the arts you discover the only way to… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and… — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
I only choose to write about people who are alive, are extremely powerful and as such have influenced our lives. I try… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
You can't just be you. You have to double yourself. You have to read books on subjects you know nothing about. You… — Mary Wells Lawrence Copy Share Image
Boswell: But, Sir is it not somewhat singular that you should happen to have Cocker's Arithmetic about you on your journey? Dr.… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
We are told by media - books, television, reality shows - that heartbreak is this terrible thing and yet we should seek… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
