I've definitely read stuff that I've been offered, where I've been like, "I can't do this. I think somebody would be better… — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
When I go on holiday and people ask me what I do, I tell them I do some internet stuff and I've… — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“I sent my words out onto the wind to paths unseen and parts unknown in hopes people will enjoy this book of… — Charles Johnson Copy Share Image
This is a great tool for students as the book gets right to the heart of learning how to learn and engaging… — Dominic O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm reading a manuscript by Rodney Jones, "Village Prodigies",it's one of the best contemporary poetry books I've ever read ever. — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only skilled… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect; compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Libraries for me have always had a cathedral-like ambiance, a hushed sanctuary where learning is revered, where we the people elevate books… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“I will remember your small room, the feel of you, the light in the window, your records, your books, our morning coffee,… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
In the university library my father helped lead, as the Associate Director of Libraries from '60 to '82, I spent hours and… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
“Even in their reading, More charged, too many women were prone to superficiality. In search of a passing knowledge of books and… — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I lived in this small town way out in the country. We had three TV channels and… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind my book being called an African novel if it didn't invite lazy readings. — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry… — John M. Ford Copy Share Image
“Take what interests and knowledge you can from books, but do not let them replace words and thoughts of your own.” — Pai Kit Fai Copy Share Image
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“Maybe I’m an open book, or maybe love is like a magnifying glass straight into the souls of those who own your… — Mia Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I vow I shall give all my very best books to the underprivileged, once I have read them” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I wrote three books, I had three greenhouses. It seemed to me to be very satisfactory. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I don’t know how I feel about a canon anymore ... The sheer volume of books that exist out there means that… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
Any book that you're writing about your life, there are tough chapters that you've gotten through, you've survived them, and kind of… — Shannon Bream Copy Share Image
“If the right book can save your soul, then perhaps the wrong ones can damn it.” — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. — James McCosh Copy Share Image
I surround myself with books, kind of hoping the vast knowledge will just seep into my mind through osmosis. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“His main example was to read like a child--very curiously and carefully ... But with the full intellectual sophistication of a brilliant adult.” — Daniel Menaker Copy Share Image
Beware that the one who reads is the same as the book, the same as what is read, the same as the… — Mohammed Dib Copy Share Image
“Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter. “My mother reads this book twice a year. I don’t know why,” he said to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...it would seem that whoever did write this book knows you very well. You appear in it, sir. As...as the hero.” — Margaret Westhaven Copy Share Image
Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
In literature, there are only oxen. The biggest ones are the geniuses-the ones who toil eighteen hours a day without tiring. — Jules Renard Copy Share Image
