“He lifted the book from the purse. The cover sported a painting of a stunning redhead in a long, pink gown who… — Diana Holquist Copy Share Image
Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
You can see the meaning of the statement that "Literature is a living art" most easily and clearly, perhaps, by contrasting Science… — Arthur Quiller-Couch Copy Share Image
Congress shall have Power . . . to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Time to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I believe in choosing the hardest book imaginable. I believe in reading up on what others have to say about this difficult… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
I read hard, or not at all; never skimming, never turning aside to merely inciting books; and Plato, Aristotle, Butler, Thucydides, Sterne,… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
The charms of money are distinctly under-represented in literature. There are no songs or poems extolling its virtues. This seems on the… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
Well, part of it is the general fascination with the Amish. It's an extremely popular genre and Beverly Lewis just happens to… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
Since we own our bodies, we also inevitably own the effects of our actions, be they good or bad. If we own… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“Reading Proust nearly silenced Virginia Woolf. She loved his novel, but loved it rather too much. There wasn’t enough wrong with it—a… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Every story has already been told. Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that not a novel in ten thousand is of any use to a child to fit him for life.… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
Beware of books. They are more than innocent assemblages of paper and ink and string and glue. If they are any good,… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
It seemed to me at an early age that all human communication - whether it's TV, movies, or books - begins with… — Robert R. McCammon Copy Share Image
I am, 'Guardian' readers keep telling me, a xenophobe. Never mind that I speak French and Spanish, that I love Europe, that… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
You know what? Just move on. Move on with life, and leave those who don't care about you behind. Don't stress of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With science becoming far more accessible to all of us, I've become a pretty avid reader and devourer of it. One of… — John Noble Copy Share Image
I care what my reader thinks. There is no fancy recommendation you can give me that would matter to me as much… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
The biggest thing is to give it back. You want to leave the game in a better situation than you came in… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
“Now if Newton had been a very plain, very dull, very matter-of-fact man, all that would be easily explicable. But I must… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they've given themselves over completely and passionately to… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
The novels that get praised in the NY Review of Books aren't worth reading. Ninety-seven percent of science fiction is adolescent rubbish,… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“He is totally abandoned in the way he buys book after book, never to read a single one. I wouldn't mind if… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
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“Each girl has to read her story out loud then we talk it over. We are going to keep them all sacredly… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
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I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
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It starts with the writing. We have to think of all these characters - we have to treat them all equally. We… — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
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Good Lord, what is man! for as simple he looks, Do but try to develop his books and his crooks, With his… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
I have had a lot of dreams come true as a writer... I've gotten to work with artists I adored as a… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
At a certain point in the writing of any book, you become absolutely certain that it's terrible and is only getting more… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children,… — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years.… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“The silence. End of all poetry, all romances. Earlier, frightened, you began to have some intimation of it: so many pages had… — Sofia Samatar Copy Share Image
The plot is so tired that even this reviewer, who in infancy was let drop by a nurse with the result that… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
When I read Deborah Brenner's book 'Women of the Vine' about women wine makers, I was impressed that many of the women… — Rebecca Pidgeon Copy Share Image
