I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers? — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
“He couldn't seem to get his teeth into anything. Except books. The things in books was darn near more real to him… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Authors are but the instrument to be played. The art is inside them, but many people help create it.” — Love The Stacks Bookstore Copy Share Image
“We live and breathe words. (...) It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Books on prayer are good, but not good enough. As books on cooking are good but hopeless unless there is food to… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Self-help books for those who believe 'You can have it all' often advise, 'Follow your bliss and money will follow.' With the… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
“For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
“We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach real life. She said she didn't… — Phillip Hoose Copy Share Image
“Experts tend to be busy and hyper organized. They want to help you, but the easier you make it for them, the… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
I think 'Comic Book: The Movie' is the apex of my career in terms of making a personal statement that has significance… — Mark Hamill Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is both rewarding and inspiring The preparation, research and introduction of new chapters to an ever increasing text provides… — Roy Taylor Copy Share Image
“You become a house where the wind blows straight through, because no one bothers the crack in the window or lock on… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
The Book of the science of Mechanics must precede the Book of useful inventions. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more… — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
I want to play the Green Lantern. I'd love to do a comic book hero. Go to the gym, get all buff,… — Matthew Settle Copy Share Image
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that people write the darnedest things in the margins of their books.” — Tara Bray Smith Copy Share Image
Most books on management are written by management consultants, and they study successful companies after they've succeeded, so they only hear winning… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
There is no devil in the first two chapters of the Bible and no devil in the last two chapters. Thank God… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Wonderful thing about novels is that sometimes we read a novel and we know the person in the novel more than we… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“I am an open book. It would be best if you only read my pages. Be careful when reading between the lines… — Jeffrey G. Duarte Copy Share Image
I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Life is like a book we can either study it or let it gather dust on the shelves of the world. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Read – and be curious. And if somebody says to you: 'Things are this way. You can't change it' - don't believe… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
“I know all about you from your books,' she said. 'But in spite of that you're still a riddle to me.' Have… — Maxim Biller Copy Share Image
Music and books, I think, were the two things I trusted the most as a child - songs and books. — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the 'Redwall' books. — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“I swear I’ve seen it in the movies,” Kit said. “Or maybe on TV.” “Who would ever want movies or TV when… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most. — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for pastime but not to kill time; who… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, when it came out in 1995, 'Infinite Jest' became a cultural event. It was the massive book that was… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Shout out to everyone investing in themselves & hitting them books HARD. I know its not easy but trust me it'll all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When people talk about the death of the novel, they are speaking of the need for the birth of something different. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“She gave me money to buy condoms, and instead I bought a book of baby names. That’s life. That’s love. That’s fiscally… — Dark Jar Tin Zoo Copy Share Image
On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
As a man may be eating all day, and for want of digestion is never nourished, so these endless readers may cram… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
