I'm such a fangirl when it comes to other writers. I read 250 books a year, and I'm always talking up books… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
Everything is allowable in literature, but what is not allowable in criticism is objection on the grounds of probability. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
I'm a bit more of a suspense reader on the adult side, but my favorites were the ones I grew up reading. — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
“I’ll probably just read a book. I’ve got like a million of them in my to-be-read pile.” — Rebekah L. Purdy Copy Share Image
“I want to read every book that’s written hear every song that was sung I want to gaze at every cloud and… — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
If you didn't have employers able to pay off the books and off the record safely in cash, you wouldn't have illegal… — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
Alex loved books. He was the one who first introduced me to poetry. That's another reason I can't read anymore. — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“I wanted to build walls around him, I wanted to separate inside from outside, I wanted to give him an infinitely long… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
[Writing] books is really fun because your "voice" is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience.… — Liz Tuccillo Copy Share Image
It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do… — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Will bounded up onto one of the ladders and yanked a book off the shelf. "I'll find you something else to read.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The guides from the book of Joshua will combine to provide the most powerful source of courage and strength there is: faith… — Ann M. Dibb Copy Share Image
Novels do not force their fair readers to sin, they only instruct them how to sin; the consequences of which are fully… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Jorge Luis Borges wrote a poem when he was in his 80s about one day writing the book that would justify him.… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
“As I inch forward to embrace my life again by being mindful, writing books, and planning adventures, I sense my dad would… — Lisa J. Shultz Copy Share Image
Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them. — Rumi Copy Share Image
It may be important to write a book that doesn't come up to what I would like to have rather than to… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
I'll read a book. I'll watch a documentary or a film or whatever. I'll go to an art exhibit and just try… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
Friends are animated books. They are a completely delightful, absolutely painless means of continuing one's education. — Jo Coudert Copy Share Image
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The signal is the truth. The noise is what distracts us from the truth. This is a book about the signal and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“With a book, she could at least visit with people, even if it was vicariously, even if they didn't exist beyond someone's… — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth. — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul. — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
I'm sure the large part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the main person in the book. The small part of… — Mark David Chapman Copy Share Image
Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book. — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
I have spent more time with other people's books than with my own. I do not regret it. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage.… — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
Dating the same guy twice is like reading a book,you already know the end...but if I would only have the chance I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The book industry is all about community, and it never really feels like anyone is competing against anyone, thankfully. — Adam Silvera Copy Share Image
Dont read success stories, you will get only message¦ Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success¦!! — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
William Trevor is an author I admire; his stories are subtle and powerful, and beautifully written. — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
A Million Little Pieces. I wanted the stories in the book to ebb and flow, to have dramatic arcs, to have the… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I'm quite fond of the writer who told a beginning author, "If you've got a message, use Western Union." — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Shobha announced, trying to lighten the mood. “And I’ll keep all the books,” Girish said in the same spirit. “Fair enough. But… — Amulya Malladi Copy Share Image
So I'm reading a book on my new iPad, but can't the iPad read it for me? Do I have to do… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
I didn't read comic books; that's not something that was really available to me as a child. We watched more cartoons and… — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image