It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race did without them for thousands of years… — E M Forster Copy Share Image
'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any… — Johann Most Copy Share Image
Reading 'Animal Farm' set me free from the dictatorship in my head. I could see all the tactics used by the regime… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share Image
The fans have always supported me; bought my books, attended my camps and wore my sneakers. I will always have a special… — Walt Frazier Copy Share Image
“Author says he suffered from both "a craving to be famous" and "a horror of being known to like being known.” — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“I live my life like it will be a book, I want to inspire people, not put them to sleep.” — Sandra Swartz Copy Share Image
Writing books is one of the ways that human beings deal with loss, especially when you don't have religious consolation available. — Marco Roth Copy Share Image
I think a good novel can be a doorstop to despair. I also think the real bravery comes with those who prepared… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
The best thing about doing a signing tour is that numbers become faces. I got to sign books for six or seven… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The novel's not the best form for disposing ideas, though that's one thing it can do. It likely is the best form,… — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
My motto is: write about anything you bloody well like; just make sure you do it effectively. We've all had all the… — Suhayl Saadi Copy Share Image
My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to the story. No one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't plan to write another science book, but I don't plan not to. I do enjoy writing histories, and taking subjects… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
They’re always like, 'That’s not what happened in the books, so the show’s really bad now.' But really, they just feel insecure… — Maisie Williams Copy Share Image
My tough and grotesque images were thrown on the roads and were stepped on by my critics, and I was talked about… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Literature, not science or theology, is the master discipline, the paradigm of inquiry, for postmoderns.” — Heath White Copy Share Image
I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was a total music nerd. I grew up on Perry Street in the '80s. My father wrote books about jazz, so… — Andrew Wyatt Copy Share Image
The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal. — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
Once a poet calls his myth a myth, he prevents the reader from treating it as a reality; we use the word… — Adam Kirsch Copy Share Image
I had to read Wuthering Heights for English and I never enjoyed a book in all my life as much as that… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
I wrote a novel. It's called 'The Middlesteins.' It's fiction. It's not a memoir. I'm not a spokesperson. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I have been writing since I was a kid and thought what I wrote down could one day be made into a… — Eva Gutowski Copy Share Image
The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
“Dude, with your voice you are like, 'Look at all these books I've read,' but with your eyes you are like, 'Help… — Gabriel Tallent Copy Share Image
“Have a cup of tea while reading a book; more tea and more books, you will create yourself.” — John Taskinsoy Copy Share Image
“The Dog was a different matter. She was new, or so old that any book that told of her was long since… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
trying to read his face. It was like a book written in a foreign language she'd studied all too briefly. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Show the reader what the character thinks about, and then the reader will think about it too. — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book. — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews. — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
...don't read anything except what destroys the insulation between yourself and your experience... — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
The reason I start a novel is because there's something that excites me and I want to explore it. — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
Character is always my driving force. And to tell a good story and to provide an entertaining read. — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
I think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song. — Charles Hartshorne Copy Share Image
“I do implore my readers, therefore, not to be more clever than their author, and see portraits where, quite honestly, none are… — Christianna Brand Copy Share Image
“A library is a sacred place where the voices of the ancients can still be heard if we but give them the… — James Rozoff Copy Share Image
