I'm a realist about who really reads books and who acts like they read books. — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Baby, when you were young and your heart was an open book, you used to say live and let live. You know… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
Read o'er this And after, this, and then to breakfast with What appetite you have. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel is the closest thing a male writer will ever get to the experience of childbirth.” — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“Dedication: For John, who said, "You know what this book needs? More fire. And maybe some swords." This ONE time, honey, you… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
“Much has been written on the subject of bed-books. The general consensus of opinion is that a gentle, slow-moving story makes the… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“A dear and long-time friend,... asked me, "Jack, how long does it usually take you to write a book?" I replied, "Of… — Jacob Neusner Copy Share Image
There are people whom even children's literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I feel when a writer treats a character as 'precious,' the writer runs the risk of turning them into a comic book… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
I read a lot; I tried to understand the mechanisms that made the books I liked successful, and I went that route.… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
I've never read it because I'd like to see one Shakespeare play that I don't know what happens. I close my ears… — Andre Braugher Copy Share Image
“A piece of writing is a trap,” he said cheerily, “and the best kind. A book, you see, is the only kind… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
My understanding of the meaning of a book is that the book itself disappears from sight, that it is chewed alive, digested… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
