In 1976, I read a book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and knew immediately that I, too, could write a historical romance. It… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
Reading is the way mankind delays the inevitable. Reading is the way we shake our fist at the sky. As long as… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
“Inside the front flap of the book were handwritten names of the dozen or so people who had checked the book out… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
“By the transport of books, that which is most foreign becomes one’s familiar walks and avenues; while that which is most familiar… — M. T. Anderson Copy Share Image
Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
We are apt to imagine that this hubbub of Philosophy, Literature, and Religion, which is heard in pulpits, lyceums, and parlors, vibrates… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The difference between farce and humour in literature is, I suppose, that farce strums louder and louder on one string, while humour… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
“The only character worth exalting in Scripture is the character of Christ. Anything we see in the character of another is only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a document in every novel in the world. Even in the most fantastic novel, even in science fiction, there is… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
What a lost person needs is a map of the territory, with his own position marked on it so he can see… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Dear Mia, What can I say? I don't know all that much about romance novels, but I think you must be the… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“There are certain books that I mean to read and keep stacked by my bedside. I even take them on trips. Some… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
Some of you have returned to earth for no other reason than that you bore the inordinate desire to save those whose… — Pearls Of Wisdom Copy Share Image
“We may observe that the teaching of Our Lord Himself, in which there is no imperfection, is not given us in that… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Here is a book to savor?flavorful and nutritious, it sticks to the mind's ribs. The 'New Agrarianism' is about Americans re-learning how… — Tony Hiss Copy Share Image
It's hard to come up with a 'quote' about myself. Perhaps I could say that most of my writing has been concerned… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
“The characters and plot in this book are pure fiction. Any similarity to real persons living or dead, elected, convicted, or merely… — Thomas Gately Briody Copy Share Image
I worked out a book which I thought was just straight science fiction -- with everything pretty much explained, and suddenly I… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
In my book tours I get to meet an audience every night. And I see that there are mostly young people, and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I literally feel like books saved my life. I found these people. Me reading Camus and Kafka, all of the tortured teenager… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
It's funny - for a long time, I didn't know I was writing a book. I was writing stories. For me, each… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
I think as readers we put ourselves in the protagonist's place because we want to be like that person. That's why sometimes… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
I was afraid the teacher was going to make me read in front of class and I was going to look bad.… — Bruce Jenner Copy Share Image
There's been resistance to every new technology that's ever been introduced. When books came out hundreds of years ago, there were complaints… — Jeremy Stoppelman Copy Share Image
“The name Atlantis came from an old book Victoria had never read. A lifetime residency in the ASM paradise was rumored to… — Benjamin R. Smith Copy Share Image
“Anyone intent on moral clarity might want to find another book and, in fact, might not want to go anywhere near the… — Timothy B. Tyson Copy Share Image
I spent much of my prison time reading. I must have read over 200 large books, mostly fictional stories about the American… — Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr Copy Share Image
“The same skills needed for writing are needed or reading. Writers fail readers, but it also happens the other way around and… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
“One bright October morning in the year 1828, a lone lorn woman by the name of GUMMIDGE might have been seen standing… — Various Copy Share Image
What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Aurum, argentum, gemmae, purpurea vestis, marmorea domus, cultus ager, pietae tabulae, phaleratus sonipes, caeteraque id genus mutam habent et superficiariam voluptatem: libri… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I'm a voracious reader. What that does is keep your mind fresh and active and hearing different voices and different styles. TV… — Nina Tassler Copy Share Image
“The literature hardly helps. You remember it only when you are well, healthy, and in a positive state of mind. And you… — Girdhar Joshi Copy Share Image
I am curious to see what books will emerge from all this writing online that's the result of those who grew up… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
Although I don't know Paul McCartney, a mutual friend told me that Paul was reading my book, This Is Your Brain on… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The 'beach read' has become such a ubiquitous concept in contemporary literature that we assume it has always been around. In fact,… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
From the shadow of domes in the city of domes, A snowflake, a blizzard of one, weightless, entered your room And made… — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
![“I was afraid the teacher was going to make me read in front of class and I was going to look bad. [But] if I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily. And I never would have realized that…” quote by Bruce Jenner](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9dd/bruce-jenner-12332_books_i-was-afraid-the-teacher-was-going-to-ma_1495843.jpg)
