It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer, although, as a filmmaker, you are an author in a certain way. — Rob Marshall Copy Share Image
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't." --Mark Twain” — Lisa Mayme Corbit Copy Share Image
Any book has behind it all the other books that have been written. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Generally, I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
Publishing companies and a great many authors have missed the opportunity to capitalize on the very real relationships they create with their… — Vantile Whitfield Copy Share Image
As I reread each book of the Bible, I fell in love all over again - not just with God's Word, but… — Jennifer Rothschild Copy Share Image
...with each new book of mine I have always the feeling that this time I have picked a lemon in the garden… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“All the successful personalities had one common element, they all liked reading books.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
During the '80s I wrote Memoirs from the Women's Prison. This is one of my most important books. It came out in… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“Two people at a cocktail party. One turns to the other and says: "I'm writing a novel." The other replies, "Neither am… — Private Eye Copy Share Image
There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“When I was nineteen years old, I discovered a collection of books in the Harvard library written by Jacob Boehme. Do you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Is it an anti-war book?” “Yes,” I said. “I guess.” “You know what I say to people when I hear they’re writing… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
Those who are acquainted with the literature of India will remember a beautiful old story about this extreme charity, how a whole… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“To Moses We gave the Book and sent a succession of messengers after him. We gave Jesus, son of Mary, clear signs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Novels are nice,' my friend said. 'They stop.' He waggled his fingers to make quotation marks in the air. 'They say, 'The… — Philip Gourevitch Copy Share Image
“There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Religion is only literature, but luckily literature is not only religion. — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Financial statements are my novels, I am a Chartered Accountant.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
English teachers tend to put more thought in the books than the author did — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And the history books forgot about us, and the bible didn’t mention us — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
