I wrote the first book, and I thought people would say: 'Separate and unequal schools in the City of Boston? I didn't… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“I'm not looking to be a Big Mac and fries author a la King. I'm aiming at filet mignon and steamed zucchini.” — LK Hunsaker Copy Share Image
A book is so much a part of oneself that in delivering it to the public one feels as if one were… — Quentin Bell Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask, 'If you'd never had a reader, would you carry on writing?' No. — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
“I believe the books we write are the dreams we couldn't find on the bookshelves...” — Ty Zeiter Copy Share Image
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
“There's nothing quite like reading a good book that just might become your favorite.” — Joscelyn Gleave Copy Share Image
Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books. — David McCullough Copy Share Image
And when the book of Daniel was showed to him (Alexander the Great) wherein Daniel declared that one of the Greeks should… — Josephus Copy Share Image
A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a fake… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
When we read a literary work (or, in some instances, listen to music) our imagination is stimulated, we feel various emotions, and… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
There's a different experience when you're reading a book rather than when you're seeing something on screen. When you're seeing a movie… — Holland Taylor Copy Share Image
I had an idea for a medical conspiracy thriller. Since it was non-horror, I didn't want the publishers and editors bringing a… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
“Read as little as possible in the way of aesthetics and criticism - it will either be partisan views, fossilized and made… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Jane Austen wrote six of the most beloved novels in the English language, we are informed at the end of Becoming Jane,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism, and it’s a common turn of phrase to speak of getting lost… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
May God strike me down with a hammer on the head before I write a book with a teach-y goal! — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
We're surrounded by mandates, and I believe that literature should be mandate-free. I feel very strongly about that. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel'd road. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
“In the presence of a reader of Teilhard De Chardin I feel disarmed, nonplussed, ready to break down in tears.” — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
It's surprising that readers don't see challenging writing as morally hazardous, when it might be pushing the same kinds of boundaries as… — Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Copy Share Image
When someone thinks, "I liked his last book, I'll hope this new one is good" and shells out their hard-earned, I fervently… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
The first novel that I wrote was because I was having very interesting sorts of experiences, for Indians of my generation. — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The only reason I wanted to do 'MADtv' was because I grew up reading 'Mad Magazine' because I'm a comic-book nerd. — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I must lay down the law as I understand it, and as I read it in books of authority. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“I feel there's nothing like a good classic book, except possibly its movie version.” — George Kohlman Copy Share Image
I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
Everyone reads the same words in a book but has a very clear picture of their own. — Tuppence Middleton Copy Share Image
“It is remarkable, the character of the pleasure we derive from the best books.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The great thing about America is I always come back with more books and more tip-offs of who to read. It's a… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
I buy the odd book. There's a great book out at the moment called Ego Is the Enemy. — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
I always revise when I publish in a book. So versions in magazines are sometimes slightly different. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
“One of these days, Strickland is going to write a little book on his experiences. That book will be worth buying; and… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
