“We encounter great souls, who lived in historical times, in ancient books.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
My parents came to visit every two months and brought plenty of books. — Mathias Rust Copy Share Image
“But the best parts of him were in his books. I suppose I could always read those if I missed him too… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It differentiated her from the others” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“There is no friend so faithful as a good book. There is no worse robber than a bad book.” — Italian proverb Copy Share Image
I've never been a fast reader. I'm fickle; I don't finish books I start; I put a book aside for five, ten… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You'd have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
While the spoken word can travel faster, you cant take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed… — Kingman Brewster, Jr Copy Share Image
My readers and I, we have the same taste, and it's awesome. They'll tell me about stuff that I haven't heard of. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
I credit literature for the reason I act because that was the door to me saying, ‘Oh! I can be somebody else.… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
Whether you struggle to remember a client's name, aspire to learn a new language, or are a student battling to prepare for… — Daniel T. Willingham Copy Share Image
A book can never be anything more than the impression of its author’s thoughts. The value of these thoughts lies either in… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
In some ways, a novel isn't as structurally rigorous as a screenplay or a TV show, which have finite real estate. In… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
Every single line on the Oscar show is negotiated. Unless you've been there, you have no idea how it is put together.… — Bruce Vilanch Copy Share Image
Reader, do you think it is a terrible thing to hope when there is really no reason to hope at all? Or… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“She held him at arms’ length, looked at the pipe still gripped in his hand, then looked at his face and read… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
It is so important to see that we are all converted, that we have in our hearts a conviction concerning this great… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
You can't sort of write the novel as if you're taking dictation from heaven. — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years. — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom. — Plato Copy Share Image
“The great novel of twentieth-century New York might be the Daily News.” — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
“There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.” — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
