“This book is dedicated to all the people who get up and do something about it, whatever “it” is and however small… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library of almost 30,000 books that he has not read. [To him] read… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Being a man of faith, what was so interesting to me was the subject, which started, by the way, with Anne Rice's… — John Debney Copy Share Image
“No I try and set my books in lots of different locales. Variety is the spice of life!” — Cathy Williams Copy Share Image
What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them. — Stephan Jenkins Copy Share Image
I was taught that in this country if you work hard, you can do anything, and I don't see a lot of… — Allen Covert Copy Share Image
The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
“...With a religious book it is less what we see in it than what we see through it that matters. J. R.… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I love 'Jungle Book' and all the classics growing up, but what I learned about this is that these Disney films are… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
“Life will always knock you down. Learn to roll with the punches and get back up. Then go again." "An author cannot… — Catrina Barton Copy Share Image
“Melrose was so concerned that the [book]shop might close for lack of business, that he had suggested he would like to invest… — Martha Grimes Copy Share Image
Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
Books were not looked upon as things unobtainable due to economic circumstances or class status. My grandfather stole an entire set of… — Bob Hartley Copy Share Image
When I started 'City of Bones,' I knew exactly what was going to happen in 'City of Glass.' When I first started… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“left her to work, grabbed a book that Holly had lent me, and tried to get past the second chapter. It was… — Steve McHugh Copy Share Image
If Francoise Sagan hadn't written a book called A Chateau in Sweden, I would certainly write a short story called A Chateau… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I do read a poem almost every morning. Unless I'm really, really late, I have to get my poem in. — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“There is something nice about a library, isn't there?" Mr. Curtis said. He nodded and took in the familiar scenery. "The scent… — Ilana Waters Copy Share Image
It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Every reader writes the book he or she reads, supplying what isn't there, and that creative invention becomes the book.” — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
She know me like a book, its too easy to read my ass, unhappy stressed, yelling dont mislead my ass. — J Cole Copy Share Image
In history books, luck is always underplayed and the talent of individuals is usually overplayed. — Dominic Cummings Copy Share Image
The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Some people learn from books, some listen to the advice of others, some learn from mistakes. I fit into the last category.… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
The Bible: The only book that makes more sense as you delete more of it's chapters. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a man’s house is full of medicine bottles, we infer the man is an invalid. But if his house is full… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I hardly read fiction; I mostly read nonfiction. I like to examine material things. — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
“The public is largely influenced by the look of a book. So are we all. It is the only artistic thing about… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I'm very much afraid that… — Hafez Copy Share Image
“BOOK, a four-letter word for truth serum" -Kevin 'Freak' from Freak's Dictionary --"Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick pg 161” — Rodman Philbrick Copy Share Image
When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing. — Enrique Jardiel Poncela Copy Share Image
When my head is in the typewriter the last thing on my mind is some imaginary reader. I don't have an audience;… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“It's a good thing, right, when an author gets turned on by the dirty scenes they write?!” — Martha Sweeney Copy Share Image
I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“Hart and Hope,” I muttered. “If you’re going to name your kids like that, of course they’re going to think they live… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
Books, in the plural lose their solidity of substance and become a gas, filling all available space. — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to… — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
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