I read as many books about the psychology of a psychopath as I could and I researched what exactly happens to soldiers. — Patrick Heusinger Copy Share Image
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no one finds… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
I read the script of [Woman Under the Influence ] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it. — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
“I read an article that said women who read these kinds of books are smarter than the average woman.” — Willow Winters Copy Share Image
“To librarians, booksellers, and collectors there is nothing limited in the subject of books about books.” — Leona Rostenberg Copy Share Image
I was always a really big fan of R. L. Stine and the 'Goosebumps' T.V. series and the 'Goosebumps' books. — Dylan Minnette Copy Share Image
“All my books are under J.Z. Murdock (with periods after the initials). Sorry for the confusion. :)” — J Z Murdock Copy Share Image
In art school, I started to see Pettibon in magazines, and I figured it out backward. I was into the idea that… — Michael Dumontier Copy Share Image
Anybody who sits down to write, and they think 'thriller,' maybe shouldn't be thinking that way. Maybe we should be thinking 'novel,'… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“Books; I repeat, for they've not only been a solace during the long years but also provided the keys to understanding other… — Eliza Granville Copy Share Image
“Back then I could not understand one word of what I read. Reading did, however, give me heart. Even if you cannot… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
I learned capacity for self-reflection very early, finding it through interior monologues that books are so good at and that visual media… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
A novel is like a long relationship and a short story is a brief one that lingers - it lingers powerfully and… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
At the U.N., I routinely encounter countries that do not want to impose sanctions or even to enforce those already on the… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
“Working on the Dark Side of the Moon" is meant to lift the curtain on secret places where smart, dedicated people work… — Thomas Reed Willemain Copy Share Image
Just cause you see me like this doesnt mean I dont have thoughts in my head cause trust me the thoughts I… — $Teady Copy Share Image
But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't overpack your carry-on. You're never going to read that second book or that fourth magazine. — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
“The greatness of a writer has nothing to do with subject matter itself, only with how much the subject matter touches the… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Be selective about your external influences. Your multi-dimensional brain is influenced by everything you see, hear, read, smell, touch, feel or say. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
If you're bored, your readers will be bored. If you're faking it, you won't get the kind of readers you want. — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
Books are slow. They require time; they are written slowly, published slowly, and read slowly. — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
“Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. Lucky is he who has been able to understand the causes of things Virgil, Georgics, Book 2” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book… — Ted Bell Copy Share Image
“Her library is a meeting place for all who love books. They discuss matters of the world and matters of the spirit.” — Jeanette Winter Copy Share Image
I will always prefer a hardback book, but I'm drawn to digital because it's so easy to acquire them when I'm having… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
The text-book is rare that stimulates its reader to ask, Why is this so? Or, How does this connect with what has… — J. Norman Collie Copy Share Image
“I am not as valuable as the books, I AM the books! They are a part of me I cannot delete or… — Whitney L. Grady Copy Share Image
For me, George Saunders novel [Lincoln in the Bardo] is about a problem of pain. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I don't want to write books that are intellectually staggering if nobody's going to read them. — Simon Singh Copy Share Image
The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself. — Henry James Copy Share Image
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Its sad how our story ended so fast, I remember perfectly how the chapter started, But I cant accept how the book… — ZomBeatz Copy Share Image
The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image