I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms. — Lisa Whelchel Copy Share Image
I like to be happy when I'm writing. If not, then how will the reader manage? — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
“Work from your own side of literature/ & room fetish, not "publishing's" - ” — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Everyone brings their own perceptions when reading a book about a real person. At the end they will take away whatever they… — Patricia Montandon Copy Share Image
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You can't judge an album by a single song; it's like judging a book by only reading a single chapter. — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
“The broken spine of the book shows the webbing of binder's string, and my fingers have worn white spots in the cover.” — Susan Straight Copy Share Image
“The pen to a writer is like a cigarette to a smoker; they need it to take the edge off.” — Kellie Elmore Copy Share Image
The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The greatest threat the hearers face is to be found unprepared to encounter God or God’s Christ at his coming (6:12–17), thus… — David A. Desilva Copy Share Image
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“If you’re a real student of literature, and I mean the good stuff—Chaucer, Shakespeare—you figure out that only souls who truly reflect… — Andrea Cremer Copy Share Image
I realised at the age of 16 that unless I read the gospels, I would never have access to Renaissance art, to… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
“There comes a time in every man’s life when his thoughts lightly turn to setting his library on fire. To burn away… — Steven Hardesty Copy Share Image
I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of… — Donald Harington Copy Share Image
Some writers may hate interacting on social media. And if you do, don't do it, because it shows. If you are uncomfortable… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
You don't look up truthiness in a book, you look it up in your gut. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Whatever is committed from a bad example, is displeasing even to its author. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
“The only bad book was a book that didn't have any pages in it.” — Chelsea M. Cameron Copy Share Image
My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
When I read a good book, I wish my life were three thousand years long. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
