Dreiser wanted to write the next great American novel, and his desperation pervades [ Sister Carrie ] like an unsavory pit stain. — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
The book that first made me want to be a writer is Flannery O'Connor's short story collection 'A Good Man Is Hard… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“...Marshall alone his room with a comically tall stack of books, methodically absorbing their contents as though they were drugs...” — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“I do not read for I have renounced life, I read because one life is just not enough for me.” — Abbas Al-Akkad Copy Share Image
“Firelit rooms lined with books - these are the places in which important things happen.” — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New… — F. F. Bruce Copy Share Image
“Leaders (Authors) are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. -Robert Jarvik” — Taylor Lee Copy Share Image
“I am more attentive to the script of a play when I read it than when I see it performed.” — Édouard Levé Copy Share Image
There are some books and characters so pleasant, or rather which contain so much that is pleasant, that criticism is perplexed or… — John Frederick Boyes Copy Share Image
“The question of what kind of a thing a text or poem is now becomes a function neither of what the poet… — Jennifer Ashton Copy Share Image
“ME, a neurological disease[20,21], has been described in the medical literature since 1934 under various names[22], e.g., epidemic neuromyasthenia and atypical poliomyelitis,… — Frank Twisk Copy Share Image
“So I’m reading some poem by Louise . . . something, I forget her last name, but it’s about Hades and the… — Julie James Copy Share Image
And that brings us to tonight's word: Truthiness. Now I'm sure some of the word-police, the 'wordanistas' over at Websters, are gonna… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well; the chiefest part of which is… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
We have a generation of kids who may never see a bookshelf or never see books in houses. What are they going… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“It's always so cool to think you are looking at today is something other people have been looking at for centuries. It's… — Sarah Strohmeyer Copy Share Image
This,’ whispered the Doctor to Romana, ‘is going to be like trying to find a book about needles in a room full… — Gareth Roberts Copy Share Image
Well, the research into it affected me. And the novel, it very much strengthened my faith. — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
An actor must read a lot. Books not only make one a good actor but also a better human being. — Pankaj Tripathi Copy Share Image
Every successful author I know faced crushing rejection early on, and they got back up and kept going. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When you think of comic book readers, you never think of the brown girl, and I was that. — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
“To whom do books belong? The books we read and the books we write are both ours and not ours. They're also… — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
“I am an Author with deep passion for the written word. Simply put: When I read: I want to feel… When I… — Amber Hawkins Copy Share Image
“Some lessons you learned by the book. Others you learned from cold hard experience. The latter may not be the best way… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
“A fortress built long ago, Walls made timeless by historic glory. The small girl in the boat slows, To listen to its… — Rachel Lewis Copy Share Image
We're not a MIND READER but I love how you tried to read my mind & Im tryin to learn how to… — Joanne Lobedica Copy Share Image
In fiction, the reader will make jumps with you. If you can make the reader make that leap with you, it's a… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller. — Steve Leveen Copy Share Image
People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
If I wanted to be in movies, I'd have gone into scriptwriting: the fact that I write novels should be a big… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
For me the really cool parts of being an author don't have anything to do with getting onto a bestseller list. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“I seek the face of God in the sky and in the waves of the ocean, not in some book or on… — L.A. Meyer Copy Share Image
We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
A book is meant not only to be read, but to haunt you, to importune you like a lover or a parent,… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
“People are dying and my generation just does not care. Including me. But I want to care. I really want to. I… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
“Always give your reader credit for being smart enough to figure out what you want to say.” — Daniel Schwabauer Copy Share Image
“if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.” — Wilson Mizner Copy Share Image
“This book is a story, and like all stories, it should be taken with a grain of salt.” — Yudhanjaya Wijeratne Copy Share Image
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