“All men who read escape from something else into what lies behind the printed page...” — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
My request that my writing be read twice has aroused great indignation. Unjustly so. After all, I do not ask that they… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“That would have been the end of it, book Z in the series, nothing left to do but mourn, or curse her… — Lia Habel Copy Share Image
If Americans are to read something that is difficult, they will only do so supposing they will be admired for having done… — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
I worked on my book for about seven years and I had no idea it would be so timely when it was… — T. J. Stiles Copy Share Image
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg is a great book teaching a compassionate way to talk to people even if you (or they)… — Joe Vitale Copy Share Image
Fishing books , lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. .. . We do not think of them as books… — Arthur Ransome Copy Share Image
“In truly good writing no matter how many times you read it you do not know how it is done. That is… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“In sixteen years since then, she had changed beyond recognition, and he had not changed by a moment, being the same dispassionate,… — Patricia A. McKillip Copy Share Image
A lot of readers ask me, "Do you ever get emotional while writing the book?" or "Did you cry when you killed… — Victoria Aveyard Copy Share Image
“He saw nature - he saw books through me; and never did I weary of gazing for his behalf, and of putting… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
We don't want to feel less when we have finished a book; we want to feel that new possibilities of being have… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
It was only after two years' work that it occurred to me that I was a writer. I had no particular expectation… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.” — International Reading Association Reading Today Online Copy Share Image
There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My goal is to teach readers how to treat and respect themselves and each other in an entertaining way. I do that… — Lisi Harrison Copy Share Image
As for you and your heart and the things you said and didn't say, she will remember them all when men are… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
If I'm reading a book and it seems truly interesting, I tend to start reading back to front in order not to… — David Shields Copy Share Image
A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime. — Bill James Copy Share Image
I love massive books: books so big, like bricks, you could drown yourself in a pool with them if you're not careful. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“No persons or events mentioned in this book should be confused with real persons or events. Reality is far too strange for… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“A novel has to entertain -- that's the contract with the reader: you give me ten hours and I'll give you a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The great poem and the deep theorem are new to every reader, and yet are his own experiences, because he himself recreates… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share Image
But so many books thou readest, But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes feedest, That thy poor head almost… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Like many readers, I am continually in search of books that allow me to lose myself in an entirely unique universe. — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
My dream is to try to reach as many kids and readers who might need an unlikely hero to connect to. — Tim Federle Copy Share Image
“Cabrero, kayla said, narrowing her eyes at Alex." If you do that one more time, I will take this book from you… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Music enriches people's lives in the same way paintings and literature do. Everybody deserves that. — Victoria Wood Copy Share Image
I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book. . . . I think a lot of people who hate literature… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
“As an author, I breathe life into each and every character within the stories that I write. But it is the reader… — Scott Borgman Copy Share Image
“All self-help authors are like babysitters. Because they have to lead and nurture us until we are mentally fit to accomplish anything… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
Reality Hunger is more than thought-provoking; it's one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Curiously enough, one cannot read a book; one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Nature is, after all, the only book that offers important content on every page. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
