We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works; they have eyes only for spots and blemishes. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Don't come to New York until you've finished a book. It's too expensive. You'll never write anything. You'll spend all your time… — Dale Peck Copy Share Image
I normally take a long time finding titles. I finish the book and go into sweats for months afterwards trying to think… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
The authors of the gospels were unlettered and ignorant men and the teachings of Jesus have come to us mutilated, misstated and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I would draw my own comic book characters listening to metal. The drawing and music kind of went hand in hand. — Alan Robert Copy Share Image
“A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information…The key is the teacher.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“I don't want to be a vampire' she told herself. But in her dreams, she kind of did.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“For all we know, the universe as a whole does not rotate. Now, the reader might ask, with respect to what should… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
No Man has a more perfect reliance on the all-wise and powerful dispensations of the Supreme Being than I have, nor thinks… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“I took care to replace the Compendium in its correct pamphlet, and in doing so dislodged a slim pamphlet by Grastrom, one… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
Even if you're doing something that the studio sends you, or something that's based on a book or story, at the end… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
Women who were housewives, who were pretty miserable ... felt inspired by her book and their life changed. They didn't become megastars,… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I have a strong say in how my books are marketed, and the covers - I am very firm that I don't… — Jane Fallon Copy Share Image
It was her first book, an indigo cover with a silver moonflower, an art nouveau flower, I traced my finger along the… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ Survey the whole nor seek… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I want children to be glued to interactive books that encourage singing and dancing. I feel when kids work together it brings… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
“So we may use our books to form a barricade against the world, interweaving their words with our own to ward off… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
As authors, we're all trying to fight against obscurity and outside distractions, but it's a tough battle. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
If I ever write a book, 'I Should Have Worn Comfortable Shoes' would be the title. — Jacky Rosen Copy Share Image
Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
I've often thought I would like to try to write a conventional novel, but I just don't know enough about the real… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search. — Antonio Tabucchi Copy Share Image
“If I were taking notes, they would read: I see something. A shape? I have no idea. It’s not exactly the stuff… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Novels written with film contracts in mind have a faint but unmistakable, and ruinous, odor. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I need to see the original paintings just as little as I have to read the original manuscripts of books. — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
“What I loved were books that heightened the sense of life’s wonders without denying the complexity and horror that sometimes accompanied those… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“It was like my life hung on the chapters of a novel - and each scene ended in a cliffhanger.” — Phaedra Weldon Copy Share Image
I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
Read things to not just know what's going on, but see it from different varying viewpoints. — Angela Rye Copy Share Image
“Trust is when we plummet into the depths of an abyss and reach out for each other’s hands. —Amaderan Poetry, various authors… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“way. And there ain’t no OTHER way, that ever I heard of, and I’ve read all the books that gives any information… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I call the book of Job, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with the pen. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Bliss is the ocean, a towel on the sand, the sun out, the chance to swim in waves or walk dragging a… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“She had given me my first crayons and coloring book, and had held me when I messed up, assuring me that the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Clearly she knew that between book lovers, a novel is not a novel is not a novel. It's a symbol, an offering… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
