Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
To write a book is for all the world like humming a song—be but in tune with yourself, madam, 'tis no matter… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I love cartoons, I love comic books and graphic novels. 'Batman: The Animated Series' was a huge influence on me when I… — Kari Wahlgren Copy Share Image
Please don't slap me, I'm a red blooded male and the book said I could not fail. — Genesis Copy Share Image
“By mastering character and plot, you give your book a fighting chance and without character and plot, no book can survive.” — Craig Hart Copy Share Image
My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I like these nonfiction books where everything that is interesting about them is lost in that catch-all description of their "about"-ness. — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
You can already download any of the religious texts onto electronic mechanisms like a Kindle. But I think many people prefer to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“But what were even gold and silver, precious stones and clockwork, to the bookshops, whence a pleasant smell of paper freshly pressed… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It's hard to describe, but there are times when... you feel a surge of the Spirit. Somehow you just know: others have… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
“It’s no surprise that readers are better people. Having experienced someone else’s life through abstract eyes, they’ve learned what it’s like to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The novel is a big space, and a lot can happen. Just think about the parts of your life. How do we… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book, generally I start with the mood and setting, along with a couple of specific imagesthings that have… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
“Staring at screens is perhaps unavoidable, but the two-dimensional world makes little sense unless we can draw upon a mental armoury that… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Great dislike to the Bible was shown by those who conversed with me about it, and several have remarked to me, at… — Maria Monk Copy Share Image
“If God does not open and explain Holy Writ, no one can understand it; it will remain a closed book, enveloped in… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The novel is too capacious, inclusive, unruly, and personal for perfection. Too long, sometimes too much like life.” — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“The statistics show that Christians who struggle to read books are struggling to break free from poor smartphone habits as one root… — Tony Reinke Copy Share Image
I have a short attention span, so when one book isn't working out, I just work on another. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I love writing for young people. It's the literature that was most important to me, the stories that shaped me and informed… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd. — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader. — Paul Gallico Copy Share Image
I don't do a lot of foisting, because when it comes to books I don't really like to be foisted upon. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
When I'm reading for my own pleasure, I read things other than history or archival material. I read a lot of fiction.… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Any opportunity to play Ms. Marvel or project myself into her in any version, comic book movie, otherwise, I'll be happy to. — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
“A joyful life is one filled with good people, good work and good books." – DK Raymer” — D.K. Raymer Copy Share Image
Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Every book that doesn't first have to get past a gatekeeper or two, or 10, before being put in front of the… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“I think small towns are the closest to heaven you can get on earth. I'm glad that some other people, my wonderful… — Diana Palmer Copy Share Image
I didn't want my book to be soapy - maybe it's my vanity but I think I can write better than that. — June Brown Copy Share Image
Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
When I read a good book, it's like traveling the world without ever leaving my chair. — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
“Read the story like you believe it, read with passion to your children. Encourage their imagination” — Ian Davies Copy Share Image
“On the table beside me is a book entitled Love’s Desperate Desire. Based on the cover, I would have called it My… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books... really is… — Cynthia Rylant Copy Share Image
I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, never… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
“A million books’ worth of theoretical knowledge couldn’t equal one direct experience of the self.” — Omar Delawar Copy Share Image
