A book of mine is always a matter of fate. There is something unpredictable about the process of writing, and I cannot… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I can myself be frustrated by books that seem to me to be insufficiently realistic about the world's potential for just… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
It has seemed to me that literature, as I meant it, was embattled, that it was increasingly difficult to find writing doing… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“When I am high I couldn’t worry about money if I tried. So I don’t. The money will come from somewhere; I… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
I know that the Bible is a special kind of book, but I find it as seductive as any other. If I… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
Literature professes to be important while at the same time considering itself an object of doubt. It confirms itself as it disparages… — Maurice Blanchot Copy Share Image
“A big part of serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader, who like all of us is sort of marooned in… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The book that made me decide to go into Russian literature was 'Anna Karenina,' which I first read in high school. The… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom he likes, and we then take that… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if… — Samuel Lover Copy Share Image
Patti Callahan Henry’s THE STORIES WE TELL is a lyrical exploration of love and longing, secrets and suspicion, family and friendship, all… — Mary Kay Andrews Copy Share Image
There's a room in my house where my stereo, records, CDs, and books are housed. I spend a lot of time in… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
I doubt that VR will really replace the quality of books. If you want to go into let's say the Prado in… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I'm strictly a one-project-at-a-time kind of guy. If I came up with a compelling idea for a different book while working on… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
I want my students to love to read. Reading is not a subject. Reading is a foundation of life, an activity that… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
The most enjoyable part in writing a series is being able to visit a world I have created and revisit old friends.… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
Books are low-tech, portable packages of the widest range of human experience, presented in a format which gives time to grasp complex… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
I shall always be able to come up with new fantasies. As long as there are people walking around in the street,… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've filled more than 50… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If any art form can accommodate contemporary culture, it's the novel. It's so malleable - it can incorporate essays, poetry, film. Maybe… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Wizomania' is basically perpetuating the myth that there were ancient magical, wise ones in Oz, who set down all their magic in… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
“To a degree, literary taste is a subjective matter. One can admire a work of fiction without particularly enjoying it; one can… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
William Armstrong is a great teacher. He speaks truthfullyabout the discipline required for learning, and about the pleasures oforder and system in… — Jill Ker Conway Copy Share Image
“None of the etiquette books he studied addressed this situation. Maybe he could write one: How to Behave When the Girl You… — Elisabeth Brown Copy Share Image
I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
“ recant , v . I want to take back at least half of the “I love you”s, because I didn’t mean… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“In Paris, Julien’s position with regard to Madame de Renal would very soon have been simplified; but in Paris love is the… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
We slept in the same bed. There was never a right time to say it. It was always unnecessary. The books in… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Life is just like a book. Only after you've read it do you know how it ends. It is when we are… — Carolina Maria de Jesus Copy Share Image
It is a magic book. Words mean things. When you put them together they speak. Yes, sometimes they flatten out and nothing… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“Writing this book afforded me the opportunity to find out and to honor these creatures in stories and in science. I’m grateful… — Cristina Eisenberg Copy Share Image
What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
“Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose," she read, and so reading she was ascending, she felt, on to the top,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
