the writer is initially set going by literature more than by life. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
If we as writers could predict what readers grab on to, we would write it. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
The hallmark of my books is the relationships that define women's lives. — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
It takes me forever to read a book. I have such a small attention span. — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life.” — Scott Corbett Copy Share Image
“Books and workshops and gurus are great, but the very best teacher for your mind is, and will always be, your heart.” — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year,… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
“Love is not a formality or an obligation to fullfill to be in good books, but a sheer appreciation without expectations” — Bhavna Khemlani Copy Share Image
“Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: you have to learn the rhythm of respiration, acquire the… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“So what's this about a book club? You girls sit around, reading dirty books, fanning each other's vaginas? Because if so, count… — Jay McLean Copy Share Image
“Though some elements are magical Prue speaks the truth about the treatment of African Americans and veterans in this disquieting,mesmeric read.” — Michelle Anne Schingler Copy Share Image
Relationships are like a book. It takes a few seconds to burn But It takes years to write. So write it carefully… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The day Bengali cinema lost touch with literature and started aping the south, the middle class audience stopped going to the cinema… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
I sent a lot of publishing ideas to my publisher, about 30 of them. Each time except 3, i got a "rejection… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“The room was full of magical objects, animals, photographs, paintings, strange looking plants and many flying books. I only found this room… — Magda M. Olchawska Copy Share Image
Back in the pre-internet age there were pirate publishers, especially in the third world, who would print physical copies of books, sell… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“Just why the Lord would say to Adam that he forbade him to partake of the fruit of the tree is not… — Joseph Fielding Smith Copy Share Image
Within months after reading the novel 'The Hunger Games,' I went from telling my mom that I could see myself as this… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
In the last fifteen years or so, the women's novel has turnedinto the Amtrak of American literature; crashing through the gates at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we chose the books we want to read and sometimes they chose us. ” — Rubin Carter Dr Copy Share Image
I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“Reading,” I said. “Books. It’s pretty sexy. I like women who read.” - Rip” — Kailin Gow Copy Share Image
“Whores wear read… Pink’s just red with some cream mixed in, you silly slut.” — Cara McKenna Copy Share Image