I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ultimately, in my mind, that's what I'm trying to do with my fiction; I'm trying to transport my reader into a different… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
From no source has the author drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these extracts from the Bible I… — William Holmes McGuffey Copy Share Image
Pornography is one of the branches of literature - science fiction is another - aiming at disorientation, at psychic dislocation. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“I don't believe there are readers and non-readers; I believe there are those who've found the right books and those who haven't--yet!” — C.C. Payne Copy Share Image
I was once a journalist. And I think of myself as a journalist, and that's it. You tell the truth. I even… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Three Rules for Literary Success: 1. Read a lot. 2. Write a lot. 3. Read a lot more, write a lot more. — Robert Silverberg Copy Share Image
“Books were the one way Clara could wander, so she was more than happy to spend her morning with the Black Knight… — Kathleen O'Dell Copy Share Image
“He is not a punishing God, Lizzy. That is the mistake most people make, thinking He sits with an account book and… — Ann Rinaldi Copy Share Image
Humanity can be roughly divided into three sorts of people - those who find comfort in literature, those who find comfort in… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Whatever happened to books? Suddenly everybody's talking about these 100-hour movies called 'Breaking Bad'. People are talking about TV the same way… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
it is wrong to chide the novel for being fascinated by mysterious coincidences... but it is right to chide man for being… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I like to be aware of a book as a piece of writing, and aware of its structure as a product of… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
When I was 16, the first book I ever actually purchased with my own money, in fact, and had read on my… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“The story of a regeneration of convictions - can any story in the entire field of literature be more filled with thrilling… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
When I read about myself and how writers have focused on negative stuff, it hurts my feelings. — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Readers travel so fast they don't stop to decipher the meaning of obscure headlines. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I,… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Write a novel if you must, but think of money as an unlikely accident. Get your reward out of writing it, and… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Work. Write. Read. Keep putting words on the page, because that's the only way you'll get better. — S.J. Watson Copy Share Image
“Argue not concerning God,…re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I never was a big comic book fan. Obviously I'd heard them growing up from my friends who did read them, but… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
The Christian's God does not consist merely of a God who is the author of mathematical truths and the order of elements...… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Bringing Mid-World to a new readership felt like a big responsibility, but I'm so glad that readers have enjoyed the story. That… — Robin Furth Copy Share Image
Novels begin, not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming - In thinking, not writing. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“At least Anne Frank,” Comrade Snarky said, “never had to tour with her book . . .” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I do not remember a time since I have been capable of loving books that I have not loved Shakespeare. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Turning the pages of a favourite book creates a very special bond with our grandchildren, but it's not just an indulgent pleasure. — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
Maybe our lives are like imperfect novel. Novels that would get very mixed reviews. — MEG WOLITZER Copy Share Image
I'm never going to tell the reader what to believe; I'm going to examine these characters that believe different ways, and examine… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Commit yourself to the serious reading of books, and your life will be enlightened.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If I read our story backwards, it's about how I un-broke your heart, and then we were happy until one day, you… — Tiny book of Tiny Stories Copy Share Image
I read books when I have time. I probably spend a third of the time watching TV, and the rest of it… — Mark Mendoza Copy Share Image
Working on an essay versus a novel is like the difference between seeing to that curtain and seeing to New Jersey. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
