I read a book in 2005 called 'Think and Grow Rich' that changed my life. — Bob Backlund Copy Share Image
I wrote my first story in second grade, and was trying novel-length by sixth. — Brian Hodge Copy Share Image
A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“Five more minutes of reading this and she'd have been in a coma.” — Kelly Armstrong Copy Share Image
I used to be more of a purist about literature. I thought, 'If it's a really propulsive story, then maybe there's something… — Steven Heighton Copy Share Image
Over a four-month period, I sat down and wrote every day. And then there was a novel, and all of a sudden,… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
“My mind is my weapon. . . and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Dating is poetry. Marriage is a novel. There are times, maybe years, that are all exposition.” — Ada Calhoun Copy Share Image
Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I began by doing book reviews on the typewriter and then went over to short stories on the machine, meanwhile sticking to… — Conrad Aiken Copy Share Image
When I imagine my viewer - and it sounds saccharine - but it's a family thing. People in line for my books… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
“What a vast fertility of pleasure books hold for me! (...) I think I could happily live here & read forever.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
“HYSTERICAL HISTORY Bumping into Vincent O’Neil makes me think about what Uncle Frankie said. I need new material for Boston, not Vincent’s… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I wrote the poems in Charms Against Lightning one by one, over almost a decade, and I did not write them toward… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
“I'll not miss a whit of it. Gold nor silks nor fancy books and statues. I can live without them all. What… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
[Moralistic] novels are at the same disadvantage as teachers: children never believe them, because they make everything that happens relate to the… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
The things that I loved about Bob's [Dylan] music - and I describe him in the book as the father of my… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Both of my books, 'Love Is a Mix Tape' and 'Talking to Girls About Duran Duran,' are about how music gets tangled… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
I started as a playwright. Any sort of scriptwriting you do helps you hone your story. You have the same demands of… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Life is a book, you can't start a new chapter if you keep rereading the last. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books afford the surest relief in the most melancholy moments. — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
“The Bible is the story so far in the true novel that God is still writing.” — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
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