“A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands, said Haldon.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“When a man solved his problems by punching them, books were often a foreign thing.” — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
I always joke that every novel is really about the same thing: one person's struggle against society. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'll maybe write a book - I wish people read more. But I don't know about developing and starring in a show… — Janelle James Copy Share Image
Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction. — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“Nor did I forget what is the natural pleasure of every man who has been a reader;… filling the shelves of a… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm going to name a name: Janet Evanovich. She writes the same book over and over, and I read every single one… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Indeed, adherents of scriptural authority show distressingly little curiosity about the (normally highly dubious) historical origins of their holy books.” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey.… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
If you find that the reader of popular romances--however uneducated a reader, however bad the romances--goes back to his old favourites again… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“And because I am an artist I find any passage of a novel interesting even when it is out of context. I… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
I tried documentaries.It wasn't the time for me. I was going to try to do the same thing, I did make a… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Money and all that stuff doesn't equal a ring, because you'll always be in the books as winning a championship and being… — Gary Payton Copy Share Image
What must novel dialogue . . . really be and do? It must be pointed, intentional, relevant. It must crystallize situation. It… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
What would it be like to live in a library of melted books. With sentences streaming over the floor and all the… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
As far back as I remember, long before I could write, I had played at making stories. But not until I was… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
A ridiculous passion which hath no being but in play-books and romances. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish I could read your mind just to see how you feel about me. — Brittany Snyder Copy Share Image
I want to write a novel about Silence," he said; “the things people don’t say. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Liking an author may be as involuntary and improbable as falling in love. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a theory you shouldn't write a book unless you have something to say. — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
“An author has a gift that is leant to others. seek not to teach; - entertain!” — Barry E. Woodham Copy Share Image
In 2011, I earned a Tony nomination for my role in 'The Book of Mormon.' — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
Write your own book instead of reading someone else's book about success — Herb Brooks Copy Share Image
![“I tried documentaries.It wasn't the time for me. I was going to try to do the same thing, I did make a valiant attempt but it did not work - to do the same thing with documentaries that we had done with the book club [in 2011]. The zeitgeist wasn't ready. It just wasn't ready.” quote by Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/0b2/oprah-winfrey-186_book_i-tried-documentaries-it-wasn-t-the-time_590976.png)
