“Do you have any books the faculty doesn't particularly recommend?” — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I am the person who is appropriating stories that are not mine and turning them into a book. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
For me, the main inspiration to write a story or novel is the voice of its central character, or the narrative voice… — Scott Bradfield Copy Share Image
skulduggery pleasant is the best book I've ever read and has enspired myself to become an author. — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
“One of the inconveniences of stealing books—especially for a novice like myself—is that sometimes you have to take what you can get.” — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
Reader: Dear Mr. Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret? Lemony Snicket : Tell it to everyone you know,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If the lycée teachers studying this book in their class are now beginning to get nervous, they can advise the students to… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“What if all works of fiction were alternative realities and Authors glimpsed from them” — Justyn Simon Copy Share Image
“Regret and celebration are equally important facets of aging. Throughout this book, these two aspects will appear in various guises and voices.… — Lewis Richmond Copy Share Image
If the would-be writer studies people in their everyday lives and discovers how to make his characters in their quieter moods interesting… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
TRIGGER CITY secures Sean Chercover's place as one of the best crime writers of his generation. It grabs you hard on the… — Tasha Alexander Copy Share Image
It's better to emphasize biblical theology, partly because there are fine Study Bibles already available that lean into systematic theology, and partly… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
“on page 96 of my hero Peter Medawar’s book The Limits of Science: ‘I regret my disbelief in God and religious answers… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
However, if I can expand this to Top Cow or Avatar I'm helping the sales, however small, on my Marvel books because… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
After I had my son I looked everywhere for a book that might serve as some kind of mirror. I bought so… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
There is little disagreement on our planet that the lives of most human beings could be improved immensely. Words pour out of… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
An author really ought to have nothing but flowers in the room where he works. — Gaston Leroux Copy Share Image
“What are your favorite books? What do you dream about? Whom do you love?” — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start.” — Jo Linsdell Copy Share Image
I've read a lot of Terry Pratchett's stuff, probably from when I was, like, 14. — Colin Morgan Copy Share Image
