People have filled an enormously important role in my life - more than books! For me, it's not the formal advising or… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But… — David Brin Copy Share Image
I don't read books. I read 'On the Road' in high school, and that was awesome, so I guess that's my favorite… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
I like making books but I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing. Perhaps I just try to arrange a bunch of seemingly… — David Shrigley Copy Share Image
As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
In some ways, a novel isn't as structurally rigorous as a screenplay or a TV show, which have finite real estate. In… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
A book can never be anything more than the impression of its author’s thoughts. The value of these thoughts lies either in… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Whether you struggle to remember a client's name, aspire to learn a new language, or are a student battling to prepare for… — Daniel T. Willingham Copy Share Image
“Hungary felt increasingly like reading War and Peace: new characters came up every five minutes, with their unusual names and distinctive locutions,… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small… — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
“she sees her life pass before her in rapid succession, like clouds, different shapes and different colors, merging, passing into one another,… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
There's a generation of people that do fetishize books and do fetishize catalogues and do look at them as something important. The… — Jim Walrod Copy Share Image
“done everything backward. She’d done everything, forever, by the book. The right way. Until then, I’d only learned this about grace: sometimes,… — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
It is June. This is what I have decided to do with my life just now. I will do this work and… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in 'Oliver Twist' that I believe Dickens never managed to… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
My first book came out again - the re-issue from 2001. I was rereading it to make sure that I didn't miss… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice; look at them attentively;… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
In every principle presented to us, our first inquiry should be, "Is it true?" "Does it emanate from God?" If he is… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
It's not a matter of whether the reviews of your books are good or bad, it's about being taken seriously, both as… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
My mother is old-fashioned; she raised us like girls from a 19th-century book. My sisters and I are known for being the… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
Penelope Fitzgerald's nine novels are thin enough that if you were so inclined, you could take her entire literary output down from… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
“I, for my share, cannot understand," continued she, "how men have made themselves believe that God speaks to us through books and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I began writing books after speaking for several years and I realize that when you have a written book people think that… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
I think we think that American books are funny or they're serious literature. But humor is subversive. When you add an element… — Idra Novey Copy Share Image
When I first did the book on gasoline stations, people would look at it and say, Are you kidding or what? Why… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
As writers and readers, we're drawn to conflict. It's that ancient theory of plot that's written on the whiteboard during every fiction… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
“That kiss was amazing; it had all the passion and longing we had been holding onto for so long. That is when… — Megan Smith Copy Share Image
I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
“... They are to be stacked like logs, or thrown on a pyre, in the center of Paris,' Michelangelo explained. 'And they… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
That's exactly how I want you to feel. When you finish this book, I want you to be filled with curiosity. I… — Clare B. Dunkle Copy Share Image
At conventions, one of the standard questions I get is, 'Are you writing any new novels?' To which I used to respond,… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“Tori glanced at the clock and bit back a curse. Hannah didn't need to learn any more bad words from her own… — E.M. Gayle Copy Share Image
“I was flipping channels, watching this cheerleading program on MTV. They took a field hockey girl and “transformed” her into a cheerleader… — Jess C Scott Copy Share Image
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“I discovered news of old horrors in old books; read intelligence of old atrocities in old periodicals; always in the back of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“It is as if I have entered what the Tibetans call the Bardo-literally, between-two-existences- a dreamlike hallucination that precedes reincarnation, not necessarily… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“Overnight, the city managed to procure thousands of cardboard boxes, fifteen hundred hard hats, a few thousand rolls of packing tape, and… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
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