“In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina” — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Women are like the F.B.I before they ask you a question they may have all the evidence in the book, but they… — Brandon Martin Copy Share Image
“By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L'Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
“When I have money, I invest in buying books. My personal development by reading these books is my greatest pleasure.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
I try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader's interest. — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“Time cleaning was less time reading, so I usually just did the minimal amount, and left it for another day, a day… — Rebecca Raisin Copy Share Image
I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
“A long term relationship is priceless! Divorce isn't. This book should help you get it right the first time. Since it just… — Susan Ziggy Copy Share Image
“Although some of her passages seek to persuade the reader of the meaninglessness and marginalization of the mathematics, Hayles is content to… — Bloch William Goldbloom Copy Share Image
“I felt after I finished Slaughterhouse-Five that I didn’t have to write at all anymore if I didn’t want to. It was… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skulls, then why do we… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“Gabriel Wilensky's book is an excellent introduction into the history of antisemitism in Europe. His words will rightly unsettle those who have… — Jonathan Friedman Copy Share Image
My approach with social media is to interact with the readers I already have. I do it mostly to procrastinate from my… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
“Christensen wrote for a book titled The 4 Disciplines of Execution, which built on extensive consulting case studies to describe four “disciplines”… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
I once stole a pornographic book that was printed in braille. I used to rub the dirty parts. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“Martin: Yes, I'd like to go home and do some work. I'm writing a novel about women from the women's point of… — Caryl Churchill Copy Share Image
“Children's books are written to be read, adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties” — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I wonder how people write exactly how they feel and give the reader the same feeling. Its a blessing!! — Farah Mustafa Copy Share Image
...photography can lie as convincingly as literature or painting. The angle, the selected content, the assumed context. — Edmundo Desnoes Copy Share Image
“Every story reads on multiple levels to convey a greater, more intricate message, and it's the reader's role to tap into that.” — Veronika Carnaby Copy Share Image
It stinks of trains and that chili with the chocolate in it. Ooooh, books!" he exclaimed suddenly, making a beeline for the… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I am a huge comic book nerd and video game nerd, so to get to actually play one of those characters would… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
I hope that books don't go the way of albums and CD, large format albums, and physical product. — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
I picture several reviewers of my own books as passing a long future lodged between Brutus and Judas in the jaws of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
My book had a universal theme. It's not a "racial" novel. It portrays an aspect of civilization, not necessarily Southern civilization. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“You may receive a pie, eat it and forget. You may receive champagne, drink it and forget. But when you receive a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Like any good novel, it lulled him into an almost tranquil state of awareness before it jolted him - it caught him… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I hope I'll keep people up at night, unable to stop turning pages. That's my goal: exhausted, emotionally drained readers who can't… — Jillian Medoff Copy Share Image
When I was ten and in fifth grade, I read all of 'Robinson Crusoe' in one weekend. — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
Read and you will learn, and when you have learned, you will read..both will give you wisdom — Azwindini Mulaudzi Copy Share Image
“For some, perhaps for many, books are spare time. For me, the rest of life is spare time: I wake and sleep… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in which the author visualised it going out… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
“We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of knowing Jesus Christ personally and directly.” — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Almost any poem has to be read twice, first for strangeness, second for clarity. — Peter J. Daniels Copy Share Image
Do you get the feeling with Sarah Palin, in high school, she was voted least likely to write a book and most… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The best thing about being an author is writing stories and having people - strangers all over the world - connect with… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
