I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
For me, the writing process is the same as the reading process. I want to know what happens next. — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
I love going on book tours because it's an opportunity to connect with the people that matter most to my brand. — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and… — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
Books have knowledge, knowledge is power, power corrupts, corruption is a crime, and crime doesn't pay..so if you keep reading, you'll go… — Books and music. Facebook Copy Share Image
I was a Charles Schulz kind of guy. I didn't read comics books. The Warner Bros. guys were great - Chuck Jones… — Bob Peterson Copy Share Image
“Language is the medium of literature, and the state of the language at any time can hardly fail to carry literary consequences.” — J.A. Burrow Copy Share Image
Poets are sultans, if they had their will; For every author would his brother kill. — Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery Copy Share Image
“Clary was trying not to think about the fact that it had been three days since she'd seen Magnus, and he'd sent… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I never think I want to go to another World Cup just to be in the record books again and play in… — Ashley Cole Copy Share Image
I figured the process of someone standing at a shelf and deciding what juice to buy is going to be very different… — Peter Fader Copy Share Image
The dirty little secret of publishing is that, all along, each book sold has had an average of 5 readers. That's an… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Like most people, I like to give what I like to get. Unlike most people, I still like to get what I… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Lansens is a willing storyteller… As a writer, she desires a particular kind of reader, one who wants above all to be… — Noah Richler Copy Share Image
The more readings a novel has, even contradictory, the better. In journalism, you talk about what you know; you have provided yourself… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
I never read tabloids, I never buy books or go on Perez Hilton, and I never ever watch the news. — Brooke Hogan Copy Share Image
Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day. — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
I like all sorts of things, not necessarily just Victorian. Even though I tend to read a lot of Victorian novels, I… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
The most colorful section of a bookstore is the display of SF books, with art by people like Wayne Barlow, who is… — Bruce Boxleitner Copy Share Image
“For what use is it to forbid what we can't prevent? If books are forbidden, children read them on the sly.” — André Gide Copy Share Image
“Exceptional estimable, good, nice, dear people they all were but they all, unluckily, kept asking me about the new novel, and that… — Robert Walser Copy Share Image
Creation is a book proclaiming the Creator. It is a book of beauty that our intellect reads, but through the passageways of… — Thomas Dubay Copy Share Image
Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot—but not… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When I read 'Meadowland,' I could see the potential for a very internal, quiet story that could be powerful and emotional but… — Reed Morano Copy Share Image
“I may even swagger a little, and, as I read in a book somewhere, 'push myself forward like a train.” — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
I pulled a book by Robinson Jeffers off the shelf one day. It was powerfully moving. Tears ran down my face. That's… — William Everson Copy Share Image
“We were like matching bookends, almost touching but with volumes between us and stories, so many stories.” — Ilsa J. Bick Copy Share Image
At least when I was a kid and a reader, I loved the feeling of wondering whether or not something was real,… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“A person is a novel: you don't know how it will end until the very last page. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps a look out for curious prosodic fauna like bacchics and choriambs.” — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“I am going to read this terrible book with the boring title that does not contain stormtroopers,” — John Green Copy Share Image
The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws to be the word of God; and… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I'll read a book every now and then, but unlike most of my friends I don't always have one on the go. — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
I don't have a boss. Well, I have a boss: the public. If the public doesn't buy my books, I would be… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
I like looking at a book and asking myself, 'How do I replicate that experience I just had as a reader?' — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
I bought a new book, '100 new ways to make love'. I ended up in traction - it was a misprint. — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
