I'm pretty introverted and I spend a lot of time in books, a lot of time thinking and by myself, because that's… — Shannon Purser Copy Share Image
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
For anyone to take the time to care about what I write and read a book is so flattering to me because… — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“I’m trying to translate what my cat says and put it in a book, but how many homonyms are there for meow?” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Count Olaf had taken out a bottle of wine to pour himself some breakfast, but when he saw the book he stopped,… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
William Dalrymple called me a war junkie in his silly book. No, I don't have a desire for it. I'm appalled and… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I don't read much, I don't have the time. But I'm not at all happy about that; I want to read more.… — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
The only projects that excite me have to be tied to some aspect of social change. No matter how beautiful, a coffee… — Homaro Cantu Copy Share Image
“Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I don't [even] know the number of books on Abraham Lincoln. Ten thousand, twelve thousand? I have seen various numbers. It seems… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
“Families are setting aside more money to buy school books every year, yet there is no budget for the Bible. Sad, isn’t… — Benjamin Nzuki Copy Share Image
“There are only two living American authors fully deserving of the Nobel Prize. One is Lewis Mumford. The other is Wallace Stegner,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“It's true," says Michael. "Dicken's novels came out in monthly installments. People couldn't wait for the next chapter to arrive. Mobs would… — Paul Acampora Copy Share Image
“He was inspired, and yet he wants books! He had been preaching for thirty years, and yet he wants books! He had… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I'm a long-time fan of Rob Long, and his books are hugely re-readable, detailing the ins and outs of being a Hollywood… — Danny Wallace Copy Share Image
Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“A book without conversation, is like a life without friends, you know it's going to end, but you want it to be… — Ken Balneaves Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is like dating. It's exciting. It's dreamy. And after four years, I just want to end it.” — Carole Radziwill Copy Share Image
It was considered very bad form to wish authors on their birthdays 'many happy returns. — Olivia Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“Good books, like good food, are meant to be savored and digested slowly overtime - Konnrad” — Konnrad Copy Share Image
“All that have not studied literature are doomed to repeat it. -C. Martin Stepp” — C. Martin Stepp Copy Share Image
Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“History books celebrate people who overcome great challenges, they do not celebrate critics.” — Ryan Chamberlin Copy Share Image
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I'm always reading. I have four books on my nightstand right now. The same is true with writing, I tend to work… — Colette Freedman Copy Share Image
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Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's been roles that I have turned down. There's no rule book or handbook... It's just... whatever I'm comfortable with. — Anjelah Johnson Copy Share Image
Men need rule books. Women want men to intuit what they want. And only about 2% of men can do that, and… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to seek out the most hidden and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I know exactly what I would do with immortality: I would read every book in the library. — Mark Jason Dominus Copy Share Image
Above all, a book is a riverbank for the river of language. Language without the riverbank is only television talk - a… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I long ago ran out of bookshelf space and so, like a museum with its art, simply rotate my books from the… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“books should go where they will be most appreciated, not sit unread, gathering dust on a foreign shelf, don't you agree?” — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'd somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
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