“Nor is it again that the novel has killed the play, as some critics would persuade us - the romantic movement of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Every naskar material that exists outside the books, exists only to redirect you to the canon - the gifs, the voice recordings,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons.… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
Conversationis like the table of contents of a dull book… All the greatest subjects of human thought are proudly displayedin it. Listen… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
“In writing the short novel Fahrenheit 451 I thought I was describing a world that might evolve in four or five decades.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“When an idea suddenly appears I feel compelled to get it on paper and I keep writing until the flame disappears. Love… — Lee Bumbicka Copy Share Image
“The group I am moving towards is at Caleb Garth's breakfast-table in the large parlor where the maps and desk were: father,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“ 'Till America has learned to love literature not as an amusement, not as a mere doggerel to memorize in a college… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“- Dude, it's Jocelyn, I (Jordan) say looking over my shoulder nervously [...] - This isn't Jocelyn, B.J says sighing. It's Jordan.… — Lauren Barnholdt Copy Share Image
A fantastic, gleeful, chrome-plated-slick debut of a novel. In Jonathan Chase, Markham has created the perfect cliche-shattering super spy while honoring the… — Greg Rucka Copy Share Image
But I give you my word, in the entire book there is nothing that cannot be said aloud in mixed company. And… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I can remember that on the shelves at home, there were these books by Thomas Wolfe. 'Look Homeward Angel' and 'Of Time… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
If God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendency; if the evangelical… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
My parents never mentioned anything about fashion in our household, instead we used to talk about literature, theatre, and arts...this is why… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to come out as someone who doesn't like film. It's a bit like when people say… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“When I think of coffee, I think of fresh mornings, companionship, a book while it rains outside, a conversation with a best… — Mitali Meelan Copy Share Image
Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“the inevitability of turning the pages of books into online images should not prevent us from considering the side effects. To make… — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
Some novels present a story form many points of view. Most movies tell only one person's side of the story. Sometime it's… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Awful film adaptations follow novelists for the rest of their lives. An atrocious movie of 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' could… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
I wasn't actually going to see the original film [Lord of the Ring], because I didn't think it was possible that a… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
“Some people believe in the majority; Others believe in authors that the majority follows. The ones in the first group believe what… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“She dressed in bohemian clothes, penned novels, panted, and yearned to roam forgotten corners of the world. She was habitually defiant and… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
The sole literary presence from my childhood was my grandfather, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia, who eccentrically copied poems into the backs… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
His books were part of him. Each year of his life, it seemed, his books became more and more a part of… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a back… — Theodore White Copy Share Image
“In reality, Hemingway didn't appeal to plumbers or roofers who read books; he was a rich man's writer, with the vocabulary and… — Gerald Hausman Copy Share Image
My books have sold largely in England, have been translated into many languages, and passed through several editions in foreign countries. I… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
My books have come many years apart and each one seems to reflect a period of experience. Ending the book is like… — Joan Larkin Copy Share Image
“When I was 10, I read James Baldwin's 'Another Country,' and that book broke me. Not because I was encountering homosexual sex… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. It is but… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“I’m struck by the fact that he doesn’t seem put off by what I read. I’m so used to people scoffing at… — Claire Kingsley Copy Share Image
“It was true; books had saved me in my home remodeling projects, but they fell short in teaching me how to trust… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
I never accepted why there should be some invisible, wavy cutoff line separating Great Fiction from phosphorescent beauties and dollhouse miniatures, novels… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I don't have any degrees. I went to Hunter College one year and New York University another year. It's just on the… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
There are many, many books I've read and I think this is quite naïve actually because we all just try to uncover… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
I'm writing with the assumption that most of you who are reading this book have concluded what I have: Preaching doesn't workpreaching,… — Doug Pagitt Copy Share Image
I think, for me, there's The Book I Should Write and The Book I Wanted to Write - and they weren't the… — Marlon James Copy Share Image