I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I suffer from the curse of being multi-talented. There's no doubt about it. Politics and literature have gotten in the way of… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
“The books I'd checked out of the library earlier in the week were still stacked on my bureau, whispering my name and… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Life is like an open book. We always turn to new pages and grow into new chapters, but we always hope that… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“If you don't want to keep him, then pretend he's a book. Enjoy him for two weeks, then return him” — Shannon Stacey Copy Share Image
When I think of you, and you are not there, I see you in my mind's eye always with a book in… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Small presses take chances. Chances are at the heart of all the literature we later know as great. — Kay Ryan Copy Share Image
It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
We can skip through a lot of the stuff people might ask about the writing of the book, and so their comments… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I think that a lot of dystopian literature tends to be really moralizing and just doesn't tend to give credence to the… — How to Dress Well Copy Share Image
Each of my novels features a protagonist undertaking a difficult personal journey. On the way, each of these characters - mostly female… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series.… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
“Like symbolism, decadence puts forth the idea that the function of literature is to evoke impressions and 'correspondences', rather than to realistically… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“The wonderful thing about books--and the thing that made them such a refuge for the islanders during the Occupation--is that they take… — Annie Barrows Copy Share Image
He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
For me, I wanted to write a book about getting into comedy. That's what I wanted to write. — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
Many of the books I read, I had to read them in French, English, or Italian, because they hadn't been translated into… — Antonio Munoz Molina Copy Share Image
The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell… — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one. — Elizabeth Olsen Copy Share Image
Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples… — Edward Dahlberg Copy Share Image
Life is so encyclopedic, that even great knowledge giving books fails infront of it.. — Yashwardhan Pauranik Copy Share Image
A novel is a mirror which passes over a highway. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
I had a complicated life until I was 25. I was born in Bristol and was brought up by my mum and… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
The world, in its sheer exuberance of kindness, will try to bury the poet with warm and lovely human trivialities. It will… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Censors are necessary, increasingly necessary, if America is to avoid having a vital literature. — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
Every time I read a Jane Austen novel, I feel like a bartender at the gates of heaven. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“As Don Everts says in his book Jesus with Dirty Feet, “Referring to the church as a building is like referring to… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Life is like a book. Some chapters sad, some happy, and some exciting. But if you never turn the page, you will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write a book. Not a romance novel. Maybe a crime thriller. Something with action. Maybe that will happen… — Becky Sauerbrunn Copy Share Image
“Malaysians don't like to read. If you're reading this, you must not be liking it, or not Malaysian.” — Brian Yap Copy Share Image
I love being in touch with my readers and fellow writers! It's just amazing to have such access to people. — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -C.S. Lewis” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.” — Jill Telford Copy Share Image
Turning the blog into a book was extremely difficult, a tremendous amount of sustained, hard work. Blogging is easy; writing a book… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character. — Antonio Tabucchi Copy Share Image
All of my books really do look at that to degrees of difference. Technically, I do enjoy the flashback! But not just… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when inspiration runs dry, I drink classical music until my words spill out.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds.” — Rand Miller Copy Share Image
