“I like this book and I especially like the title. Only a fool or a whore would call it anything else.” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I avoid literature whenever possible, because whenever possible I avoid myself... — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
I had been offered a six-figure deal to write two cookery books. Six figures, at just 23. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
Usually, when I write a novel, it takes me about 100 pages to figure out the voice of the narrator. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I think you can tell when you meet someone whether they read novels. There's some hollowness if they don't. — Philip Hensher Copy Share Image
I went through a whole phase when I was younger of being obsessed with Tolstoy and Kafka and Camus, all those really,… — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
Talking about how I might write the next book is like talking about whether or not to have sex. Any dithering ruins… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“Unless a writer's capable of solitude, he should leave books alone and go into the theater.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The historian Max Hastings wrote in his book Inferno that “it is characteristic of all conflicts that until enemies begin to shoot,… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a novel, I'm dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The proverb, "Where there's a will.." sums it up for a writer who had just started in his writing life; for himself,… — Lucas Michael Copy Share Image
Books and novels in particular that grapple with quite a few things are difficult to explain, so I think that first line… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I do not actually see how art, literature can be anything other that being in that domain of trying to tell us,… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“History is the memory of states,' wrote Henry Kissinger in his first book, A World Restored , in which he proceeded to… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Libraries are my passion in life. Before I became mayor (of Los Angeles), I used to sneak out here during lunchtime...and I'd… — Richard Riordan Copy Share Image
Don't read newspapers for the news (just for the gossip and, of course, profiles of authors). The best filter to know if… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
“She gave me money to buy condoms, and instead I bought a book of baby names. That’s life. That’s love. That’s fiscally… — Dark Jar Tin Zoo Copy Share Image
When people talk about the death of the novel, they are speaking of the need for the birth of something different. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Shout out to everyone investing in themselves & hitting them books HARD. I know its not easy but trust me it'll all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, when it came out in 1995, 'Infinite Jest' became a cultural event. It was the massive book that was… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for pastime but not to kill time; who… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most. — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“I swear I’ve seen it in the movies,” Kit said. “Or maybe on TV.” “Who would ever want movies or TV when… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the 'Redwall' books. — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
Music and books, I think, were the two things I trusted the most as a child - songs and books. — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
“I know all about you from your books,' she said. 'But in spite of that you're still a riddle to me.' Have… — Maxim Biller Copy Share Image
Read – and be curious. And if somebody says to you: 'Things are this way. You can't change it' - don't believe… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Life is like a book we can either study it or let it gather dust on the shelves of the world. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“I am an open book. It would be best if you only read my pages. Be careful when reading between the lines… — Jeffrey G. Duarte Copy Share Image
Wonderful thing about novels is that sometimes we read a novel and we know the person in the novel more than we… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
There is no devil in the first two chapters of the Bible and no devil in the last two chapters. Thank God… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that people write the darnedest things in the margins of their books.” — Tara Bray Smith Copy Share Image
Most books on management are written by management consultants, and they study successful companies after they've succeeded, so they only hear winning… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
I want to play the Green Lantern. I'd love to do a comic book hero. Go to the gym, get all buff,… — Matthew Settle Copy Share Image
An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more… — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
