We really have no definition of mother in our law books. Mother was believed to have been so basic that no definition… — Marianne O. Battani Copy Share Image
There are millions of people who think that romance isn't real writing. But the only person who can make you real, make… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
It's hard to find a book that's safe to write. Because one always goes to dark or difficult places. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out!” — Carmen DeSousa Copy Share Image
Life is just like a book. Everyday is a new page. Every month is a new chapter. Every year is a new… — Neacygirl Copy Share Image
“You're perfect for each other, she had insisted. "both of you act like you're already retired, always stuck at home reading books.” — Azadeh Moaveni Copy Share Image
“story telling is not a career, it's a calling. I've been writing true and compelling news my entire professional life. My novels… — Glen Carter Copy Share Image
Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . . — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is much easier for me to define what makes a novel French or Russian, but defining the characteristics of an Australian… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I remember the first Batman, the first Superman comic books when they came out, thinking how great… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Everyone reads a different book. That's what's interesting. Everyone sees a different film, as well. We bring our past lives to whatever… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence...Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little time… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“You fellas think of comics in terms of comic books, but you’re wrong. I think you fellas should think of comics in… — Sean Howe Copy Share Image
I use these senses - touch, sight, feel and smell - as triggers that invite readers or propel them into the scene.… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play. — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
“It doesn't what people think about the book you are reading. Just read the book that you love to read or want… — Roshell Jayasekara Copy Share Image
Some books makes me want to go adventuring, others make me feel that they have saved me the trouble. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
“Last night I read two books back to back. Tonight I’ll probably read both of those books’ front covers.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
For me books have always been an incredibly solid part of my life, both as escapism and simply as resource. — Jackie French Copy Share Image
“Give my book The Sixties Girl a read. You'll love it. You'll laugh, cry and find yoursel wanting more.” — Victoria Staat Copy Share Image
“With you as an inspiration, a painter will create his best painting, a writer will write his best literature and a poet… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I enjoy the idea that even though I'm resting, I'm accomplishing something by reading a book. — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
“She loved the smell of books, the feel of books, the look of them on the shelf.” — Barbara Michaels Copy Share Image
Im a geek - I read fantasy novels, I play World of Warcraft, Im a massive gamer, I have Star Trek outfits. — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that's how a book of poems is made, my Friend. — Martial Copy Share Image
I've had great writing teachers and mentors and great success with my first book. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Live life and write about life. Of the making of many books there is indeed no end, but there are more than… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people. — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
“A book is tremendously important. Nobody ever paid for the price of a book, they only paid for the printing” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A novel is a journey into your own soul, and you seek there to discover those things that you share with all… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this… — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
“What sort of daughter refuses to go to her mother’s house? What sort of daughter speaks with such violence to her mother… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
It is a great feeling to know that from a window I can go to books to cans of beer to past… — Gregory Corso Copy Share Image
I learned that books could be collected, that they were important enough to keep and that a story that seemed to be… — Ramona Koval Copy Share Image
Like my father, I am very impatient. I have a strong bullshit detector. I may finish one book in twenty that I… — John Fante Copy Share Image
You know, I'm trying to sometimes sit down and write some stories about my childhood and maybe one when I'm an old… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island. — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
I don't read my books, so I don't allow myself the dangerous luxury of toying with the idea of doing things differently. — Neel Mukherjee Copy Share Image
