“All books are butterflies, having once lived the life of a caterpillar.” — Suzanne Brandyn Copy Share Image
The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
“Any book without a mistake in it has had too much money spent on it.” — William Collins Copy Share Image
I would write these novels about bullies in school: 'The Bullies: a Novel.' — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature. — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
“People who do not read have no advantage over those who can not read.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I either like reading fun war-based sci-fi, books about the lives of chefs, or dry historical non-fiction. — Michael Seibel Copy Share Image
Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Age appears to be best in some things. Old wood best to burn. Old books best to read. Old rice best to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I felt that no self-help book had been written for millennials yet, so my ultimate goal was to write it. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Dear Aspiring Author; Write with heart. Put that open, honest, bare soul on paper. — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Women who were housewives, who were pretty miserable ... felt inspired by her book and their life changed. They didn't become megastars,… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“For all we know, the universe as a whole does not rotate. Now, the reader might ask, with respect to what should… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
No Man has a more perfect reliance on the all-wise and powerful dispensations of the Supreme Being than I have, nor thinks… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common… — LeVar Burton Copy Share Image
A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Ordinary Bibles often include cross-references and brief concordances; Study Bibles include much more, all bound up in one fat volume, so that… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Every time I start off a book or a story I feel like I'm developing a new style or approach for that… — Scott Bradfield Copy Share Image
The words and sentences you take into your body from books are no less sacred and healing than communion. Surely at least… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
There is no secret in heaven or earth but is recorded in a glorious book — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Secondhand books are haunted, according to him. Ghosts in the pages.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
All literature is an effort at the formal character of the epigram. — Delmore Schwartz Copy Share Image
When I sit and read my book and I'm all cosy, it takes me to another place. — Georgia Toffolo Copy Share Image
