Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I wrote my first book in a toilet in a factory where I was a floor sweeper. — Geoff Thompson Copy Share Image
What a joy Mary Jo Putney is to read; she can't write fast enough for me. — Laura Kinsale Copy Share Image
Satisfying curiosity ranks No. 2 in my book behind conquering a fear. — Scott Carpenter Copy Share Image
Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas. — Pete Hautman Copy Share Image
A humane and authentic book written by another voice from the trenches. — Joanne Greenberg Copy Share Image
Every single step you take can, and will change your future. Your whole life is unwritten. You're the author, make your story… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Never to read another book that was born and baptized (with ink) at the same time. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“...books everywhere piled up in heaps, the rare companions of a solitude not self-imposed but sought.” — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“& he watches each muscle volt into place. the surgeon became the surgeon after years of opening books & making sense of their contents” — sam sax Copy Share Image
From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving. — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
“What novels did you read when you were young, dear? I'm convinced it all turns on that.” — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own. — William Empson Copy Share Image
Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
“All those bickering worshippers, each one convinced their version is the right one. Imagine getting prayers from ten million believers, not one… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“So yes, get prepared, but don't "be first"—don't start talking about *us* and *them* already, because then you're making *them* into the… — Sam Sheridan Copy Share Image
The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“R.T. Kendall states in his recent book on the Holy Spirit, I don’t mean to be unfair, but I have long suspected… — Steve Bremner Copy Share Image
If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times, and their parents are going to have… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“I'm buried beneath an avalanche of papers, I don't understand the language of the country, and what do I do about a… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
We did a 60 page book in one day. She's one of the most photogenic, easy to shoot, inspiring, extraordinary people in… — Nigel Barker Copy Share Image
He did not profess to anybody how to reach others without professing. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“Writing is a way of remaking the world, both for the writer and reader.” — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
If you're reading it in a book, folks, it ain't self-help. It's help. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature. — Tayari Jones Copy Share Image
I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
