“The company revealed that 18 percent of readers report using the Bible app in the bathroom.” — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Knots and Crosses,' the first of the Rebus books, not even realising that I was writing crime fiction. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
“Contemporary literature can be classified under three headings: the neurotic, the erotic and the tommy-rotic.” — W. Giese Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I always write my novels with music (I don't listened to the music seriously.) Music seems to encourage me. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I was painting furniture, learning to stencil, and explore all kinds of traditional techniques of decoration. I learned from books that I… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
One of the things that I love about writing novels is that it really doesn't matter what next step you take as… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“I could be reading a book. Time is also a limited resource. You can respond to a comment on Facebook with an… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Instead of looking at books and pictures about the New Testament I looked at the New Testament. There I found an account,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast, Who plead for love, and look for… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Whenever you’re down on your luck, and when things aren’t going the way you like, remember that you are the author of… — Sarah Jio Copy Share Image
“He just thought quietly, 'So this is love. I see, I was wrong about it too', thinking as he had thought before… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
If I've vividly laid out the narrative, the reader will come to his own conclusions. — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy. — Adam Brody Copy Share Image
If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
During really difficult times in my life when I start questioning why I am struggling with something, I often turn to books… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.” — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
If you can read and have more imagination than a doorknob, what need do you have for a 'movie version' of a… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“It's simply impossible for me to filter my thoughts and feelings. I tell it from my point of view. I'm an open… — Lori Lesko Copy Share Image
“Francie thought that all the books in the world were in that library and she had a plan about reading all the… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I not only read Raymond Chandler but read all the crime fiction classics. I was hooked. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
From my earliest days, reading was my passion, and at Cambridge, where I studied English literature, my intellectual life deepened and grew. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
I think one of my strengths is kind of knowing people and getting a good read and a feel for what that… — Mike Holmgren Copy Share Image
I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
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The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I trust the readers to build their own visual images. To me, that's part of the wonder of reading. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I think, personally - I don't know if other readers would agree - but reading 'Penumbra,' I detect an Internet writer or… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
My dad taught me to read by reading comic strips in the Saturday paper and Archie comics. — Melanie Scrofano Copy Share Image
My favorite phrase is, 'God only gives struggles to people who can overcome it.' I saw it in a book, and it… — Kim Woo-bin Copy Share Image
Though we come into the world with thousands of years of genetic data, the evolutionary process never stops. — Ruben Papian Copy Share Image
I've put on makeup just for fun since I was a really little girl. Now I keep a look book for inspiration… — Allison Williams Copy Share Image
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