“I understood books. I did not understand boys—especially alien boys.” — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
“Kinky was only okay if it didn't lead to a broken neck, in his book.” — Jean Johnson Copy Share Image
A crenelated wall of books encircles my bed, its tottering towers looming ever taller, always on the verge of collapsing onto oblivious… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“To Ashley Cotoy Ruiz, who called me out on an error and then graciously read the whole book for authenticity in the… — Kyla Stone Copy Share Image
I was never a comic-book fan, but I loved cartoons. I don't enjoy reading: for me, it's hard work. — Joe Gilgun Copy Share Image
Yeah, Hitman I suppose is most of the time a lighter read than Preacher; it was always going to be. — Garth Ennis Copy Share Image
For me, a good children's book is a good children's book is a good children's book. — LeVar Burton Copy Share Image
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I didn't have the great American novel burning inside me, but I felt I could try my hand at popular fiction. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
When my friends asked me to blog, I thought why not write a book? People may be interested in knowing what it… — Aishwarya R. Dhanush Copy Share Image
OF writing many books there is no end; And I who have written much in prose and verse For others' uses, will… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed ... No book can be appreciated until… — Eugene Field Copy Share Image
'Established' is a good word, much used in garden books, 'the plant, when established' ... Oh, become established quickly, quickly, garden! For… — Ursula Bethell Copy Share Image
It is possible that the malice of writers has been overrated (by myself among others). Reading their ruminations on their craft, one… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
“I had to recommend only two books that every sincere, concerned American, Liberal or Conservative, should read, they would be A Republic,… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
For myself, I haven't been content to carry on producing books that merely strain against the conventions - as I've grown older,… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“Consider how common illness is, how tremendous the spiritual change that it brings, how astonishing, when the lights of health go down,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“A re-read is more leisurely than a first read. I know the plot, after all, I know what happens. I may still… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Do not read good books-life is too short for that-read only the best. — Ernest Dimnet Copy Share Image
“He's not my lover, he's a fellow author and friend. We haven’t even met.” — Ava Bellamy Copy Share Image
I don't think any writer is a friend to the reader if he or she is not funny. — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood, — Carl F. H. Henry Copy Share Image
The book of Job is pure Arab poetry of the highest and most antique cast. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I can't do a linear novel. I'm just going to write what I need to write. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
