You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it. — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too. — Andrej Pejic Copy Share Image
Novels are very different than films and I love to see someone else's imagining of my story. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And found there one of those huge comprehensive anthologies of literature, the sort of thing which, on a bad day, can induce… — Sara Levine Copy Share Image
“The sole substitute for an experience we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.” — Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“If you can read, there is no worldly wisdom that cannot be gathered from the pages of a book.” — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
“If you’re a real student of literature, and I mean the good stuff—Chaucer, Shakespeare—you figure out that only souls who truly reflect… — Andrea Cremer Copy Share Image
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such a passionate reader. She read poetry… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
You know that's why people don't like unlikeable characters. It's not that they're not interesting. Everybody knows the most interesting character in… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
“I had planned to consult with a Black colleague, but when I approached her in the hall she had a crowd of… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of… — Donald Harington Copy Share Image
Some writers may hate interacting on social media. And if you do, don't do it, because it shows. If you are uncomfortable… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
I wish I had the luxury of time to read and write like grad students do. That sounds pretty awesome. When I… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I had a book of essays out in 1997 in which I talked about the increasing virtuality of our lives. I've always… — Steven Heighton Copy Share Image
Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not. — Horace Copy Share Image
“Another book gives the illusion of scientific precision by working out this reasoning in a mathematical formula using a “Mental Performance Ratio… — Kenneth L. Higbee Copy Share Image
Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage. — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Do you think that your fathers are watching? That they weigh you in their ledgerbook? Against what? There is no book and… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power. — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
I've taken a certain a pride in all of my books. They devour so much time and energy that you have to… — Catherine Mayer Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer that sci-fi lives in literature, that the true sci-fi population is out there reading a gazillion authors. — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
Quite often in comic book movies, very good actresses are relegated to being the girlfriend or the helper or the sidekick or… — Paul Dini Copy Share Image
A Century of Wisdom is universal and will enrich readers for generations to come. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
I go too long without picking up a good book, I feel like I've done nothing useful with my life. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The reader cannot see into your heart. He will know only what you tell him. Make the blind see your words. Make… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
In many cases, the line between a thriller and a crime novel has become too blurred to be useful. — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Iv invented a monster and now its overtaking me. This is what iv come to and this is what I will be… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The road that led me to literature was very different from the one followed by my fellow writers in Poland. — Marek Hlasko Copy Share Image
If you only write for 15 minutes at a time, you can write a book and still have time for Legos. — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
You can look at my autobiographical pieces as source books... But, you see, my fiction doesn't revolve around autobiographical questions. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Teacher: Please go to page 364 in your text book. Random kid in the back: HOLY CRAP I JUSTFLIPPED RIGHT TO THAT… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“I wish I could read my books over for the first time to see what you guys see.” — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days… — Gustav Klimt Copy Share Image
