“My life's an open book. Some of the pages are a little ripped, but it's open.” — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“Books are the greatest treasure of wisdom and knowledge for mankind.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
It's hard enough to make a novel a novel. I wouldn't know how to make it something else at the same time — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
“Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Words are man's first and most grandiose invention. With language he created a whole new universe;” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I'm sure my first nine years have had a powerful influence on the kind of books I write. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“This book is written in a barren period of loss with an attempt to move forward towards substance.” — Phindiwe Nkosi Copy Share Image
“As we suggested near the beginning of this book, if morality represents an ideal world, then economics represents the actual world.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
For me, the goal is always to write a novel that I myself would like to read. People frequently ask me what… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
(about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the "Arts and Lit non-fiction section) I personally find that… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Written language must be considered as a particular psychic reality. The book is permanent; it is an object in your field of… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
When you dream you are creating the future, your inner world. By the time you finish this book, you will have a… — Ruben Papian Copy Share Image
When I knew I wanted to write a novel that would be a twist on a conventional romantic comedy, I re-watched 'When… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
It seems like whenever a big newspaper or TV show talks about teen literature, they focus on dark books or vampire books.… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
“I had so much fun writing this book and I want readers to have fun also. A Passion for Prying is a… — Nancy Mangano Copy Share Image
I read a lot of 'The Canterbury Tales' on my phone last year, because I was cycling between three different editions, and… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
“I don't need to read nothing,' said the New Zealander. 'I was there.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict. — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them. — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
I consciously try not to play favorites with my characters or my books. — Tina St. John Copy Share Image
I never read a novel, they have so little real life and thought in them. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
