The Chinese have a habit of reading. Many families regard books as the most valuable family asset. — Li Yuanchao Copy Share Image
“going out late at night and laying in the dewy field and reading a Kurt Vonnegut book by moonlight.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I've never seen an 'English' books section in, well, an English bookshop, but in Scotland, most bookshops have a set of shelves… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
“I've heard of a guy in Chicago who advertises in the phone book under "Wizard",though that's probably a urban legend.” — Benedict Jacka Copy Share Image
To keep something around just because it is already on the books, I think, is wrong. — Sam Graves Copy Share Image
My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
Everybody wants confidence but you don't find it in self help books. You find confidence in the Holy Spirit. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth,… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
In the late 1990s, I wrote a book from the point of view of a young black woman who has barricaded herself… — Susan Shreve Copy Share Image
“He wanted a James Lear novel: near to constant episodes of sexual encounters strung together with a bit of mystery, and maybe,… — Heidi Cullinan Copy Share Image
“There's no way to tell if Ryan Gosling is actually a feminist; feminism is a serious business, and something you have to… — Danielle Henderson Copy Share Image
Literature can no longer be either Mimesis or Mathesis but merely Semiosis, the adventure of what is impossible to language, in a… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“...indeed it is in the General Cemetery that the results of progress are set out before the eyes of the studious or… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
I suspect many readers might associate [Bob Dylan] with one of the shortest phases of his career, the time from 1963 to… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
People are so used to reading novels now, they just read a poem straight through to get the meaning. And that's something… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
“Chapters - Life has many different chapters for us. One bad chapter doesn’t mean the end of the book.” — Edenia Archuleta Copy Share Image
“There wasn’t an official rule book that he knew of, but he was pretty sure a guy didn’t bend his best damn… — Shannon Stacey Copy Share Image
“I don't read much. I feel like, why read about someone else's life when you should be out living your own?” — Liv Constantine Copy Share Image
I have written about Chile extensively, and therefore I have read many books on the subject, mostly for research. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“My book is awful,” I said. “Nonsense,” Dora J. Arod said. “Your book is nonsense.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions. It remains the most published and most read… — Bernard Ramm Copy Share Image
One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
Most of the books call Her a He, but I am able to ascertain what is meant, despite that semantic error. — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“Her skin smells of vintage books and pale moonlight, exotic things, forbidden loves and rainy nights.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
“As an author I'm in my head all day and I worry that I lose touch with reality. But then my dog… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Say, did you read what this writer just dug up in George Washington's diary? I was so ashamed I sat up all… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
“Books crawl down from the shelves; Read themselves through you; Read themselves at you. - Library of Force ” — John Cale Copy Share Image
I hope Anne's book will have an effect on the rest of your life so that insofar as it is possible in… — Otto Frank Copy Share Image
“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.” — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
I am thrilled to be taking part in 'Hogfather.' I am a huge fan of Terry Pratchett's books, and to play the… — David Jason Copy Share Image
I do not know where to find in any literature, whether ancient or modern, any adequate account of that Nature with which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
Honestly, it's terrible, but I don't know if I've ever really read a Stephen King novel. — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
Purchasing and downloading a book on to your e-reader won't necessarily protect it from disappearing. — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
“this book really is interesting that a soon as I got it I couldn't stop reading it.” — Carolyn Hennesy Copy Share Image
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