Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
“Buying a book you've never read is like buying a dress you've never tried on” — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
If beauty has it's own tale, only the blind person can be the greatest among us all because,they can tells us the… — Jayjay Guillermo Copy Share Image
For a long time, since story collections look almost precisely like novels, I presumed that they were meant to be enjoyed in… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I've always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after re-reading a lot of writing books I realized I wasn't… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
The great thing about fiction is that everything you care about ends up going into the book. — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
“My reviews of the above books appear in my series, A Literary Cavalcade. Reviews are listed alphabetically by author across the six… — Robert A. Parker Copy Share Image
But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I hope for so much from every book I read. And time and again, I find myself disappointed. I look across my… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face. That is a… — J. C. R. Licklider Copy Share Image
“Nonetheless, it remains the case that the psychological literature on organised abuse has not provided a coherent explanation for the emergence of… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“People put too much focus on books. Listen to stories. The stories of your peers, mentors, parents, etc. The life you're living… — Dom McLennon Copy Share Image
With the advances in technology, it's so easy connecting to our fans. There's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. I try to reach out… — Dinah Jane Copy Share Image
I'm going to sound like an egomaniac, but I'm proud of so many things. I feel proud of my book, 'I'm Just… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral vision of… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
If you wrote a page a day, at the end of the year you would have a book. Whether it's any good… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I called the book 'The Senator Next Door,' not 'The President Next Door.' — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
Find me a first novel that doesn't have parallels with the author's life. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
There's far more truth in the Book of Genesis than in the quantum theory. — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do. — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample. — Janice Dickinson Copy Share Image
[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
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