“If books could kill, I would have written more of them before I died.” — Judith Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Because at night when others are sleeping, I drown myself in poetry.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
A man who chooses not to read is just as ignorant as a man who cannot read. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I think that, in all of my time, I got just one fan letter, from an NFL fullback named Darian Barnes. NFL… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Inez and I had been in the same book club for a while. She once told me that literary theory was reading… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
“Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole.” — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical. — Barbet Schroeder Copy Share Image
As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I loved 'Middlemarch,' I think that's one of my favourite books of all time, actually. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
As writers and readers, we're drawn to conflict. It's that ancient theory of plot that's written on the whiteboard during every fiction… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
When I first did the book on gasoline stations, people would look at it and say, Are you kidding or what? Why… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
I think we think that American books are funny or they're serious literature. But humor is subversive. When you add an element… — Idra Novey Copy Share Image
That's exactly how I want you to feel. When you finish this book, I want you to be filled with curiosity. I… — Clare B. Dunkle Copy Share Image
I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
“... They are to be stacked like logs, or thrown on a pyre, in the center of Paris,' Michelangelo explained. 'And they… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
“That kiss was amazing; it had all the passion and longing we had been holding onto for so long. That is when… — Megan Smith Copy Share Image
“His bedroom was a reflection of Bryant's mind, its untidy shelves filled with games and puzzles stacked in ancient boxes, statues and… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup - mosaics of jokes. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books. — Terence Young Copy Share Image
