“Great books help you understand, and they help you to feel understood.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“Every good book should take you to a brand new world: enjoy the journey!” — Lynn Hardy Copy Share Image
Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books. — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
We wanted the book [Paper Girls] to feel to evoke the '80s, but not necessarily feel that it was drawn then. — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control. — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
“My books are likely to contain food stains and rings from my tea cups. A book is to be lived with and… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
The one thing that does happen, every time, though, is that I never get to write a book until I've already been… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
It took me 11 years to struggle through one dumb book, and every day you just want to give up. But you… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little… — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
Names are hard. I have a library of What to Name Your Baby books, and I’m always picking up new books, and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I'm excited to share my first book 'HWPO.' It features workouts, training, nutrition, and mental approaches that paved the way for my… — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
I've had journals ever since I was really little. Sometimes I write poems and stuff, but for the most part I write… — Miranda Cosgrove Copy Share Image
I realized early in my career that precisely what one reader doesn't like is what another reader loves. Collectively, any writer's audience… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
My main point about films is that I don't like the adaptation process, and I particularly don't like the modern way of… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Johnny Got His Gun, A Farewell to Arms, A Prayer for Owen Meany, some years Wuthering Heights, Silas… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
If you're part of any kind of writerly community, some of those people will have gone through MFA programs, and their thinking… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
It feels great to wake up feeling healthy, awake and alert. I love waking up in the morning, taking a deep breath,… — Saif Ali Khan Copy Share Image
There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
My mother was good at reading books, making cinnamon biscuits, and coloring in a coloring book. Also she was a good eater… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image