The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story. — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
“Do you know what a journalist is? Someone who hasn't written a novel yet.” — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Life is like a book.each day is a new page.may your book be your bestseller with adventures to tell,lessons to learn and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
From time to time, just about every 'Vanity Fair' writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch… — Tayari Jones Copy Share Image
A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
“CUSTOMER: You know that film, Coraline? BOOKSELLER: Yes, indeed. CUSTOMER: My daughter loves it. Are they going to make it into a… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
“Life was too short for bad books, or even good books that you just don’t like.” — Sarah Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Writers do not write what they want, they write what they can. When I was 21 I wanted to write like Kafka.… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
When somebody's face-to-face with you saying, 'I may not have been here had I not read your book,' how do you respond… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
“I don't see the use of reading the same thing over and over again,' said Phillip. 'That's only a laborious form of… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I sit at home and read books. I watch movies. I watch television. I go and play golf. I don't go to… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing to a well-made book. It awaits its… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
Reading asks that you bring your whole life experience and your ability to decode the written word and your creative imagination to… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I went to so many sleepovers where these parents were reading the 'Book of Revelation' before bed and things like that. I… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
The two mistakes that come to mind are people who introduce a flood of characters in the first few pages. Where the… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Daughters are supposed to be friends to their mothers in their old age. — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Whenever I read a book about a marriage, I always feel I'm being lied to. — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
My books are about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations. — Karen Robards Copy Share Image
“For Marc, books were objects of beauty, to be loved, not just read.” — Martin Edwards Copy Share Image
