Elvis Presley is all there is. There just ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with Elvis. He wrote the book. He… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
There are books of the same chemical composition as dynamite. The only difference is that a piece of dynamite explodes once, whereas… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
My crime novels are highly structured. I never start out with a dead body. I start with an impossible scenario. Opening questions… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“Please then, can we stop this obsession with the tiny minority of writers who have made a fortune from their work, and/or… — Caroline Sanderson Copy Share Image
“When I was little, I listened to radio serials, read comic books and went to 'B' movies. When I got a little… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
In a sense, the artwork is the most important thing in getting somebody to buy a book. The person probably won't buy… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“It is not a lonely feeling, but just as I am always sad to close the cover on a book, I feel… — Nancy Turner Copy Share Image
“She had been on the surface of the leaf, the leaf like a page, and the page that of a book; then… — Andrew Zurcher Copy Share Image
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In an extensive reading of recent books by psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and inspirationalists, I have discovered that they all suffer from one… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“I hate books that are hard to read. It takes me a month to finish it and by that time I've forgotten… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
When my novels are packaged as exclusively for women, I'm not only cut off from a vital portion of my audience but… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“...hence the very best science fiction ultimately winds up being a collaboration between author and reader, in which both create - and… — Philip K Dick Copy Share Image
Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
“Even when you do nothing, you are doing something. Be aware of your decisions and what they mean for the book you… — Armand Mevis Copy Share Image
I didn't think of the narrative as making a judgment. It didn't occur to me the reader would either, but that doesn't… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
“The glory of the library for me is how many of the books are in poor physical condition. They are books that… — Linda Grant Copy Share Image
“Yet regardless of where they come from, I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them - with… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Stranger, pause and look; From the dust of ages Lift this little book, Turn the tattered pages, Read me, do not let… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of… — Edgar Lee Masters Copy Share Image
“The minister said, "Music in stone," and truly this phrase, bandied about by authors of art books, described Prague well. The city… — Jiri Weil Copy Share Image
In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
People say, "Look, your book [Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle] is about tall tales." And I said, "No, you… — Si Robertson Copy Share Image
“What if superhumans are bored by novels about the experiences of lowly Sapiens thieves, whereas run-of-the-mill humans find soap operas about superhuman… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
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I do think that books are invaluable as a reservoir of what we call the human space. And this is why I… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
The book is a uniquely durable object, one that can be fully enjoyed without being damaged. A book doesn't require fuel, food,… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
I write songs like someone would write a really tiny book. I think it's the same thing. It's building this world, painting… — Maisie Peters Copy Share Image
I pierced one nipple. Not both. Just one. She has it in the books and I wanted to get as many of… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
Most difficult thing in the world, to write a play. Do you know the story of Shaw at the Fabian society? H.G.… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
She praised his book and he embraced her from gratitude rather than lust, but she didn't let go. Neither did he. She… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
“Besides, she likes my stories. They are like fairy tales, I suppose, full of kings and queens and adventures. Ma says people… — Kristin Kladstrup Copy Share Image
The only thing that I discovered very early on is that, even though we might change schools and cities and towns and… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Yes, yes; you’ve read thousands of books but you’ve never tried to read your own self; you rush into your temples, into… — Bulleh Shah Copy Share Image
“That is not necessarily bad … but it is limiting. The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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“Michał Grynberg, ed., Words to Outlive Us: Eyewitness Accounts from the Warsaw Ghetto, trans. Philip Boehm (London: Granta Books, 2003), p. 46.… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“People in books were always so charming, and all their thoughts and actions so comprehensible. They all invariably had a clear, well-defined… — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
![“People say, "Look, your book [Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle] is about tall tales." And I said, "No, you don't understand, OK? The book is tall tales, OK, by me. But look, those tall tales are my life, OK? And look, I added some spices in there. That's the five percent. You…” quote by Si Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/37a/si-robertson-9422_book_people-say-look-your-book-tales-and-wisd_22827.jpg)
