“The academic study of literature leads basically nowhere, as we all know, unless you happen to be an especially gifted student, in… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I've worked with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years, and we have this magnificent photographer, Tad Motoyama. He takes these wonderful,… — Betty White Copy Share Image
“She stood up and took the book from him, and as he smiled over his shoulder at some other kids, she threw… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
When I was writing my first book, 'In Harm's Way,' I witnessed the sense of sacrifice that those WWII veterans possessed. I… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
“Standing there, I felt almost overwhelmed by the room. It was the ultimate library, heaven for a girl who considered herself a… — Nicole Peeler Copy Share Image
For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“In this book I will teach you, based on stuff I have either made up, observed, or overheard, how to live the… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
“The Book I am thinking about would not be religious in the usual sense, but it would have to discuss many things… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“Sadly, some people never get beyond the box stage in their creative life. We all know people who have announced that they've… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand held that art is a 're-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgements.' By its nature, therefore, a novel… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
“My statement to Harris that his book contains much to admire is specious hyperbole. In The End of Faith , Harris rails… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“And it struck me, in that year, how deeply both faith and doubt are part of my life. We often think of… — John Ortberg Jr Copy Share Image
“The point is, Jenna, no one is normal or perfect like that house you see across the street. Everyone suffers from their… — E.L. Montes Copy Share Image
It feels like my books come true. I write these things, and then they kind of end up happening. I wasn't divorced,… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“It takes an enormous amount of work to complete a novel, and each of the students who completed the course has accomplished… — Daniel Schwabauer Copy Share Image
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of rearing… — Janet Burroway Copy Share Image
“Really, I want you to finish this book feeling like we could become friends, if the timing was right. That's it. Oh,… — Alida Nugent Copy Share Image
“Authors...keep writing those great books for children and teens. It's a proven fact that those children & teens who read are less… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Afterwards, in bed with a book, the spell of television feels remote compared to the journey into the page. To be in… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
“She slid a book from the shelf and sat with it on the floor. She tore a page from the book and… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
“Love hurts. Think back over romance novels you’ve loved or the genre-defining books that drive our industry. The most unforgettable stories and… — Damon Suede Copy Share Image
People have proven over and over that they will read if they are given something they like. The problem with reading is… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
“Here, finally, was a woman on a quest for her own identity and, unlike so many other questing figures in black literature,… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The very quality of books to read and facts to master with which the twentieth-century man is confronted encourages him to think… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Anyone is measured by what they do, rather than what they say. The background of a person or the books such person… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
Under our present enormous accumulation of books, I do affirm that a most miserable distraction of choice must be very generally incident… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
I wish the air were pure oxygen, and then as it says in our chemistry book, our life would sweep through its… — M. Carey Thomas Copy Share Image
So I'm working on another historical novel. This one's a Franco-New Zealand novel, and it takes place at the time of the… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I had a nice part at big newspapers, small newspapers, and then I went to a very big newspaper - 'The Wall… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Ironically, white America will catapult books about race to the top of the best-seller list, even as racism remains a national open… — Marita Golden Copy Share Image
“When I picture a perfect reader, I always picture a monster of courage and curiosity, also something supple, cunning, cautious, a born… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“Artist paint images unseen, musicians create sounds that emerge from silence, and authors write from a synthetic point of view about a… — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
I don't think writers should be convenient examples. I don't think we should make people feel settled. I don't try to be… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“I'm never really comfortable at parties. Maybe I'm just not the partying type. ...I think it's because I'm never sure what to… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Books are the immortality of the race, the father and mother of most that is worth while cherishing in our hearts. To… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
If a novel reveals true and vivid relationships, it is a moral work, no matter what the relationships consist in. If the… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
