but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can take away from it.” — James Bryce Copy Share Image
I read graphic novels, here and there, but I'm not a comic book guy, as much. — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that foolish writers and foolish readers are created for each other; and that fortune provides readers as she does… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
Two things can make life meaningful: books and love. ...I already have books. Now I am setting off in search of love. — Joel Dicker Copy Share Image
It seems like just yesterday my son was hiding under the table to avoid reading. Now, he's writing books longer than mine! — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I have to challenge myself, and I have to challenge the reader. We should be weaving and working on new stories and… — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
We see a new generation of Russian authors who are not divided from their Western contemporaries either culturally or philosophically. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
One novel that I think is an overriding influence in my life is 'All the King's Men,' the most beautiful book written… — Andrew Gross Copy Share Image
I want my life to be like the books I use to read. So perfect! I dont even read anymore. So changed..… — Jade Copy Share Image
The reader can test his own psychology by asking himself whether he would consider, in retrospect, the selling at 156 in 1925… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
“Miller’s example of humane leadership that does not always go by the book was not lost on me. When they fall down,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“And so reader, farewell to Sherlock Holmes! I thank you for your past constancy, and can but hope that some return has… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I don't want to be around people who accept me as is, in my unrefined state of becoming. I consistently want people… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“in all the reading which you have ever read, did you ever read such a book as Locke’s Essay upon the Human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“But then it came time for me to make my journey—into America. [... N]o coincidence that my first novel is called Americana… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
She surrounded herself with books at work and at home. Her living space was a testament to her first and abiding love… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“One final time I told myself I wasn't abducting my little brother.” — Marcus Sedgwick Copy Share Image
Every time you buy tickets on Ticketmaster, you help to digitize a book. — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons. — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
The ideal reader cannot sleep when holding the writer he was meant to be with. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place. — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
MCs are authors, and rock musicians who write lyrics are authors, to a degree. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any. — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image