Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Were the purportings of the Bible to be a revelation false, it would still be the truest book that was ever written. — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
“I was convinced (still I am, in fact) that there's no such thing as a novel, astonishing or not, without a penis.” — Steven Cooper Copy Share Image
I had huge ambition for literature. I don't see the point of doing anything if you don't have ambition for it. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
“Some books should be tasted,some devoured but only few should be chewed and digested thouroughly” — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I don't like novels that tie everything up in a plot-y way. I always think that's not really true of life, particularly… — Sarah Hall Copy Share Image
From when I was a young boy, I read books on weapons and tanks and combat. I was so interested in the… — MS Dhoni Copy Share Image
Who cares what the color means? How do you know what he meant to say? I mean, did he leave another book… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Fantasy works inwards upon its author, blurring the boundary between the visioned and the actual, and associating itself ever moreclosely with the… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“But suddenly, Pentunia spied the Book. The firecrackers had blown it open so that the pages showed. She had never seen them… — Roger Duvoisin Copy Share Image
When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers.… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I was big into mythology when I was a kid - Arthurian legends and Greek mythology, that was kind of my passion.… — Steve Valentine Copy Share Image
“I therefore took it into my hands with all the expectation and read it through with all the attention due to a… — John Locke Copy Share Image
In How to Be an American Housewife Margaret Dilloway creates an irresistible heroine. Shoko is stubborn, contrary, proud, a wonderful housewife and… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
“A novel is an interminable effort. You think until you are weary. You write until you are ready to scream. You stop.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He did not profess to anybody how to reach others without professing. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“Writing is a way of remaking the world, both for the writer and reader.” — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
What a joy Mary Jo Putney is to read; she can't write fast enough for me. — Laura Kinsale Copy Share Image
Satisfying curiosity ranks No. 2 in my book behind conquering a fear. — Scott Carpenter Copy Share Image
Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas. — Pete Hautman Copy Share Image
A humane and authentic book written by another voice from the trenches. — Joanne Greenberg Copy Share Image
