I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
In Celan's words a Jew is "a man with a little book under the shoulder." We are the keepers of tradition. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
It's OK to screw up. For me, this was the big revelation when I was writing my first book, 'In the Woods':… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed. — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once. — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
I see 'Hansel and Gretel' as a breakthrough book for me, and one of the reasons is because I started to apply… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
I love words because you can only live one life, but in a novel, you can live a thousand: you contain multitudes. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“This recipe book, 40 Juicing Recipes for Weight Loss, aims to help you start on a diet filled with juice.” — Jenny Allan Copy Share Image
I knew that, when writing a book, you're not constrained by a budget. You're not constrained by what you can do, in… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father… — Dick Bruna Copy Share Image
Back in '86, '87, Steve Williams and Paul Davis and me were reading a book by Robert Hess called 'Eat to Win,'… — Tony Adams Copy Share Image
“Younger than Morini and Pelletier, Espinoza studied Spanish literature, not German literature, at least for the first two years of his university… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
The great dividing line between books that are made to be read and books that are made to be bought is not… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the… — Valerie Wilson Wesley Copy Share Image
“It was terrifying, liberating, and risky. But one day I woke up and decided to try it." (On writing her first novel,… — Amy Hill Hearth Copy Share Image
“There is also a context constituted by the formation of the literature into a larger whole, a context that is literary and/or… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share Image
Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story there is a shimmering go-between. That go-between, that… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. — Samuel Lover Copy Share Image
A lot of books in the self-help section of your bookstore really belong in the fiction section. — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“It's simple as that... you don't like it, you don't read it. You like it, you read it!” — Deyth Banger Copy Share Image
“I ought to be able to invent words capable of blowing the odor of corpses in a direction other than straight into… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers. — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“Standing before the worn books and dusty shelves, she seemed like a ray of light in the windowless room.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the basic plot of all historical novels is a romance swept aside by history. — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
“I was of course discussing the book of Leviticus. I don't know why your mind is so filthy these days, Bingley. ” — Marsha Altman Copy Share Image
“No doubts our generation is producing another form of grub street literature.. Welcome to the world of hack writers..” — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
I told myself that I wanted to be a motivational speaker, I wanted to write a book, graduate college, have my own… — Lizzie Velasquez Copy Share Image
If I was reading a book about a comedian, I wouldn't really care too much about their childhood. — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience. — Charles Ives Copy Share Image
“You don't find the concept of illicit love at all engaging?” “The concept, maybe. But in literature? That's like ordering a glass… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Lost: The common sense of an unconventional dreamer. If found, please return to Love The Stacks.” — Love The Stacks Bookstore Copy Share Image
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
“I love ebooks. I love the idea of storing books in “The Cloud”, because honestly, reading and rainy days go together like… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
On a book like 'X-Men,' you have to stay true to the established fiction, working with editors to ensure continuity, sometimes across… — Joe Madureira Copy Share Image
You just got shelved Google Definition: shelved past participle, past tense of shelve (Verb) Verb Place or arrange (items, esp. books) on… — Team Nitro Copy Share Image
I fell in love with Shakespeare when I was 12, and I read the whole works. Yes, I was precocious. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you. — Ramon Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Those of us who are writers and have to perform to communities that aren't used to coming to book events, I would… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“If a writer doesn't believe his fictional characters are actually real, how can he expect the readers to?” — Jim Power Copy Share Image
I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
