“If you don't write with the reader in mind, you are not a writer, period.” — Tom Grimes Copy Share Image
Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
“I read a lot...I love books. I work with books. Books are my life.” — The Distant Hours Kate Morton Copy Share Image
I don't see how you can write well if you're not reading well at the same time. I think the only risk… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
In that book which is my memory, On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
It's not a case of: 'Read this book and then you'll think differently. I've written this book, and I don't think differently. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
You should always have 2 books...the one you're reading and the one you're writing. — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
...how odd to think of one's life not as chapters in a book but as complete volumes, separate and distinct. — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its… — John Robert Seeley Copy Share Image
“It’s remarkable that a device, which fits in your pocket, can hold thousands of books. But a room full of books is… — Brandt Legg Copy Share Image
The first book advance I got was paid out in thirds. And over time, as I've had different deals, the advances get… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
“Attentive readers will also note the significance of the form he uses for much of his teaching—the parable. The parable is the… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“Kiss me hot,heavy,wet & angry with that attitude like you do when your mouth yells it hates me but your tongue screams… — Kerry E. Wagner Copy Share Image
“Moby Dick is my favorite book —I’ve been rereading it every year since I was sixteen. ‘Call me Ishmael’ is the greatest… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“If the worst you can say about an otherwise sweet-natured and pleasant romance novel is that the main characters are just too… — Julio-Alexi Genao Copy Share Image
When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one's books and… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Typically, among the audience members joining the actors, the director, Ann Ciccolella and myself, about half of these theater goers have read… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Her library filled her bookshelves and then overflowed into waist-high stacks of books everywhere, piled haphazardly against the walls. If just one… — John Green Copy Share Image
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“What is more useless than the popular novel that has passed its boom!” — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers. — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
“he said everyone had a book, or a writer, that was the key to their life” — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
“Some women remind you of a good book. Others remind you of a bad movie.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“I thank everybody in this book for coming. -A.W., AUTHOR AND MEDIUM” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I like to read. I like to spend time on the Net. I like to watch movies. — Arbaaz Khan Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books. — Jamie Campbell Bower Copy Share Image
I never want to feel constrained by writing a novel for a specific audience. — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing. — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image