My collection of rare books concerns only books that don't tell the truth. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“I wish life were a fiction novel. Then everyone would have to do what I say.” — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
It feels like every single song is a chapter from a truly important novel. — Simon Raymonde Copy Share Image
Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“hypertext readers often “could not remember what they had and had not read.” — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
A lot of the time, the scripts you get to read are remakes or reboots or sequels or prequels. — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
I would like to evoke the sense of wonder and magic in the reader but without invoking the mystical, the supernatural or… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book. — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
The three books I've written in Florida about L.A. are my best takes on the physicality of the city, as far as… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a part of me in every character, naturally. That's why novelists rarely write good autobiographies. You start one and it… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I like to think 'The God Delusion' is a humorous book. I think, actually, it's full of laughs. And people who describe… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Problem was, all this is new. In English at school we study a grammar book by a man named Ronald Rideout, read… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
When Superman was originally created, by Siegel and Shuster, they were two Jewish immigrants that were desperately trying to assimilate into America.… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
“In the beginning the word was with God; all explanations, physical and moral, rested on the divine. And now for storytellers, even… — Jill Patton Walsh Copy Share Image
“So now do you see why books are hated and feared? The show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
It's such a unique story. Book of Joshua in the Bible wasn't always my favorite book, by the way. Only some ago… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“Will these books be comedies or tragedies?” “Both. Just like life.” — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
To be responsible is to be the uncontested author of an event or thing. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Here are my criteria for a good book: you start reading and you don't stop.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Despite what novels implied, vampirism did not make stalking sexy.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it? — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
I've read the 'Mortal Instruments' series; I was obsessed with those. — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image