The usual criticism of a novel about an artist is that, no matter how real he is as a man, he is… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
A lot of times, identifying with a character in a book or a movie makes me feel really vulnerable. Especially in books,… — Haley Pullos Copy Share Image
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I published so many books, which, for years, didn't get published here in America, at all - and which barely got any… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Men think they think upon the great political questions, and they do; but they think with their party, not independently; they read… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There's only one good test of pornography. Get twelve normal men to read the book, and then ask them, ''Did you get… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
there are people who are born superficial ... They prefer not to have to deal with more than a limited number of… — Gwethalyn Graham Copy Share Image
The point about sales is relevant because it suggests there are cultures out there that are supporting and consuming, on a vast… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Don't cry." "How can I not?" I asked him. "You just said you loved me." "Well, why else did you think all… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“Life is like a good book... some chapters engaging, some funny, some sad and some challenging...However, its all left to the design… — Nirmala Kasinathan Copy Share Image
By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters,… — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
I was a semiotics major at Brown, and there's this idea that stories are better, books are better, and movies are better… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our… — Avi Arad Copy Share Image
I have tried reading the Bible but that's a tough read there. I watch a lot of religious documentaries. I have a… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
“I can relate to the novelist Carrie Brown...who described herself as being 'a promiscuous reader.' I'll give almost any book a chance… — Nancy Pearl Copy Share Image
“Patience’s own books were a far more eclectic and battered collection. There was a book on horseshoeing and smithing, with notes in… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;- All things, in short, to which belong The charm, the grace that Time makes strong,… — Henry Austin Dobson Copy Share Image
I still have a fondness for books. Many a time I will be antiquing, and I'll say, 'What's that old-timey curio over… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the origins of the religious experience, how the history of religion has evolved over the last umpteen thousand years,… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“In other words, I mean the formal aspect of a work that has made it possible for critics of all affiliations (Marxist,… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
I think it’s time to open the books, on questions that have remained in the dark on the question of government investigations… — John Podesta Copy Share Image
“Nowadays people often talk about happiness. Books are written about it, courses are taught on it, and some us even try to… — Karin Alvtegen Copy Share Image
I write my novels in English first; then they are translated into Turkish by professional translators. Then I take their translation and… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like giving her half a kitten. It is not half… — Sandra Newman Copy Share Image
When soured by disappointment we must endeavor to pursue some fixed and pleasing course of study, that there may be no blank… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
“I really admire people who don’t need to live surrounded by lots of stuff. My bedroom is piled up with clothes and… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You've read some of the poems in this new unpublished book [Walker's Alphabet], e.g., the poem "C." I have a number of… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“When women read romance books, one of two things generally happen.” Mal ran a hand through his lovely locks. “They either want… — Kylie Scott Copy Share Image
One of the most influential of the post-Soviet books was the Princeton historian Stephen Kotkin's 'Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization' (1995),… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
“Our fiction is not merely in flight from the physical data of the actual world…it is, bewilderingly and embarrassingly, a gothic fiction,… — Leslie Fielder Copy Share Image
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And if you decide not to read anymore, hey, no problem, because you're not the one I was waiting for anyway. But… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Monsters are a departure from 'reality' in a way that allows for a range of fantastic possibilities. I mean this within the… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Through the years, I have always enjoyed anything Chuck Swindoll has written. When I first got into writing Chuck's books really modeled… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
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