When a culture is being dumbed down as effectively as ours is, its narrative arts (literature, film, theatre) seem to vacillate between… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“I went to the theatre with the author of a successful play. He insisted on explaining everything. He told me what to… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
“I had lots of books, most of them nonfiction, because I’d always felt that in nonfiction, specifically in the disciplines of psychology,… — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read. And it is an interesting, complicated book,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I realised I had an issue with my mobile phone use when a friend started explaining the virtues of the Fast 800… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
A book of great beauty and manically exquisite insight with a wild and deadly humor . . . The only American novelist… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
I'll never be the sort of author who sells that many copies. You'll never see a book of mine being sold on… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
The poem is lonely. It is lonely and en route. Its author stays with it. Does this very fact not place the… — Paul Celan Copy Share Image
“Make your books your companions, let your cases and shelves be your pleasure grounds and gardens. Bask in their paradise, gather their… — Samuel ibn Tibbon Copy Share Image
“Author Bruce Feiler believes the problem lies in the offer to “do anything.” He writes that “while well meaning, this gesture unintentionally… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“Romans is the only book in the Bible that systematically tells us of the plan of salvation. The only book. If you… — Desmond Ford Copy Share Image
Great literature, if we read it well, opens us up to the world and makes us more sensitive to it, as if… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
Literature has been a treacherous site for black Americans because literary production has been so tied with the project of proving our… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
I'm used to writing songs and songs-I can fill em up with symbolism and metaphors. When you write a book (Chronicles, Vol.… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
In 1996, Muhammad Ali and I co-authored a short book about bigotry and prejudice that was keyed to religious and racial divisions.… — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
“We have, then, three Books wholly and one partially written before, and two after, the Preface; and only one of the first… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
As an unpublished, nonprofessional writer working on my first novel, I nevertheless had access to extremely talented people who would help make… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
In 1975, which was the height of the women's movement, I thought I'd write a book on women's history. But in searching… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“You shall no longer take things at second or third hand… nor look through the eyes of the dead… nor feed on… — John Green Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
It's a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
Much is written of the power of the Press, a power which may last but a day; by comparison little is heard… — Stanley Unwin Copy Share Image
“Books have no life; they lack feeling maybe, and perhaps cannot feel pain, as animals and even plants feel pain. But what… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“Out here are books and magazines- asleep, carrying the entire world in them, and standing there are walls and windows, staring at… — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
“You poor girl, what sort of aged, unfriendly Libraries have you met in short life? A silent Library is a sad Library… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
There's no question that the next generation of terrorists, rather than going for small, little dramas, will go for the big one.… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world… — John Green Copy Share Image
Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Captain Beaty proclaimed that this power of books was a terrible thing: “What traitors books can be! You think they’re backing you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If they want to come for you, they will come, and it doesn't matter what you read or what you failed to… — Madeleine Thien Copy Share Image
“Truth is the aim of story. And though we must take into account the human author’s subjectivity and personal slant, the best… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
As you consider whether to move a child into formal academic training, remember that we want our children to do more than… — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
“He was seated on the bench now. He had his left elbow on his knee, his right arm across his lap, his… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
On the dashboard of our family car is a shallow indentation about the size of a paperback book. If you are looking… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“We can learn to pay attention, concentrate, devote ourselves to authors. We can slow down so we can hear the voice of… — Thomas Newkirk Copy Share Image
“books, i think, are a different kind of time machine. instead of reminding you of a lost world, they create one for… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
