Historically speaking, the books I usually connect with the most are written in first-person narrative. — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
How can anyone become a thinker unless he spends at least a third of every day away from passions, people, and books? — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have somewhere seen it observed that we should make the same use of a book that the bee does of a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“Have you ever been heartbroken to finish a book? Has a writer kept whispering in your ear long after the last page… — Elizabeth Maguire Copy Share Image
“You're not a book person. And now you're not an internet person? What does that leave you?” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
[ Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher] introduced us to these authors early on and taught us that their literature is important. Langston… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
As I detail in my new book: 'Hard Measures, How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,' there are many myths… — Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr Copy Share Image
I really liked the idea of creating a journal myself. It's like the way I clear my throat. I write a page… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or agree with it. A great piece of… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“The book thief lay in bed that night, and the boy only came before she closed her eyes. He was one member… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I can't pass a bookstore without slipping inside, looking for the next book that will burn my hand when I touch its… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Soul of the age! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare , rise; I will not lodge thee by… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same… — John Osborne Copy Share Image
“those who do read fiction are better able to understand the emotions of others.” — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language. — John Donne Copy Share Image
We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we… — Axl Rose Copy Share Image
Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Men feel safe and more open when they know that the woman they're talking to approves of their passion for a particular… — Matthew Hussey Copy Share Image
“I get the feeling I do on finishing a novel with a brick-wall happy ending - I mean the kind of ending… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring... 'How to Build a Boat.' — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
“A person is like a novel: Up to the very last page you don't know how it's going to end. Otherwise, there'd… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
I'm not only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it… — Christopher Hampton Copy Share Image
“For life is too short to resign ourselves to reading poorly written books and sleeping with women we don't love.” — Anne Garréta Copy Share Image
I get very weird and defensive about what I'm working on - I wouldn't even tell my secretary what the next page… — Joan Juliet Buck Copy Share Image
Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood. — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If you get discouraged about a section of a novel, that can be more catastrophic than getting discouraged about an individual story. — Maggie Shipstead Copy Share Image
The grave's a fine and quiet place but none I think do finish their books from there. — Ursula Nordstrom Copy Share Image
“After reading a good book, something must change in you! If nothing changed, then you can be sure that you haven't read… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I don't personally like the e-readers they've come up with so far. I don't fetishize books, but I do like that they're… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“And the book (#7) is for whenever the hunt involves a lot of waiting around. Entertainment that won't eat up my batteries… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
I think it's true to say that in 1973 I could read every book of poems that was published in a year,… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
As a writer - and a romance novelist, no less - I've always found it a bit odd when characters in comic… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I've never understood why some people think it's virtuous and essential to finish every book they start. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
I always say the next book is my favorite, because without a "next" book, you don't really have a career as a… — Marie Bradby Copy Share Image
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