“Every author begins as a reader. So, read yourself into authorship.” — Blaque Diamond Copy Share Image
“I read a lot, searching for answers in someone else's words.” — M. Sophie Schneider Copy Share Image
In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. — Patricia Cornwell Copy Share Image
I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
This world of ours has been constructed like a superbly written novel: we pursue the tale with avidity, hoping to discover the… — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
It's almost impossible to turn on the TV, surf the Internet, pick up a book, or just simply exist without being bitten… — Bryan Baeumler Copy Share Image
The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into eternity — John Sullivan Dwight Copy Share Image
Only a newspaper! Quick read, quick lost, Who sums the treasure that it carries hence? Torn, trampled under feet, who counts thy… — Mary C. Ames Copy Share Image
We live for books. A sweet mission in this world dominated by disorder and decay. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“The apologist can ask what literature and film reveal about the inchoate theological stirrings of our times.” — Andrew Davison Copy Share Image
“Reading old Gray? That's right. Physician's library just three books: 'Gray's Anatomy' and Bible and Shakespeare. Study. You may become great doctor.” — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“Do I think you’re crazy? he said. No. I dont. You’ve rewrote the book for crazy. If all you are is crazy… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The righting of historic wrongs has chimed with something fundamental in me since I was a young reader. I love the forensic… — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
When someone writes a book review, they obviously already self-identify as a writer. I mean, they are. They're writers, they're critics, and… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I started reading. I read everything I could get my hands on...By the time I was thirteen I had read myself out… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
“PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. The wisdom of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I was still in college when 'To Kill a Mockingbird' came out in 1960. I remember it had a kind of an… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of… — Lisa Scottoline Copy Share Image
The true test of any scholar's work is not what his contemporaries say, but what happens to his work in the next… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end. — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
Text is just ink on a page until a reader comes along and gives it life. — Louise Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Books didn't make me wallow in darkness, darkness made me wallow in books. — Jackson Pearce Copy Share Image
“I pretended to be an open book, but I was closed off and conceited.” — Coco J. Ginger Copy Share Image
