By all means be experimental, but let the reader be part of the experiment — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
Learning hath gained most by those books by which printers have lost. — Thomas Fuller Copy Share Image
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor. — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
“We love books because they are the greatest escape. That is because our own minds eye is the purest form of virtual… — M.R. Mathias Copy Share Image
“I don't browse in bookshops, I browse in libraries, where you can take a book home and read it, and if you… — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
“Can there be any greater pleasure than to come across an author one enjoys and then to find they have written not… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Life is like chapters in a book.. We can't erase what has been already written but we can write a better ending… — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books. — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
The experience of reading a novel and watching a television show are quite different. You can't let your audience get ahead of… — Michelle Fairley Copy Share Image
With any novel that you begin, you can't foresee how difficult or easy it's going to be, and you can't really prepare… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
At last, after almost fifty years in the hopper, the most famous unpublished novel in America is in print. Who Shot the… — Ed McClanahan Copy Share Image
It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
“The greatest book ever composed was marked at one point unconventional. Also it was marked difficult to read, especially in its original… — Marcus G Monroe Copy Share Image
Before I was reading science fiction, I read Hemingway. Farewell to Arms was my first adult novel that said not everything ends… — Robert Reed Copy Share Image
Television and cinema were all very well, but these stories happened to other people. The stories I found in books happened inside… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Hannah didn't see Robbie again for weeks after that. She thought he'd forgotten his promise to lend her his book of poetry.… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Don’t read Variety. Don’t listen to gossip. Don’t live in L.A., and write. — Robert Mark Kamen Copy Share Image
I don't know why - I have a ton of books: five full cabinets of them. — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image