The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV. — Marissa Mayer Copy Share Image
Heaven Is as the Book of God before thee set, Wherein to read His wondrous works. — John Milton Copy Share Image
“Life is short, but art is long. Sophocles is dead, but Oedipus lives on…Each of us when we read a great piece… — James W. Sire Copy Share Image
No one over thirty-five is worth meeting who has not something to teach us, something more than we could learn for ourselves,… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. — Mem Fox Copy Share Image
“I am a passionate reader. New interested books keep adding on my reading list. My wildest dream is to complete reading all… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Through ignorance, through faith, through intelligence, through trickery and cunning, through illumination, the reader rewrites the text with the same words of… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“It’s a common storyline and mythology in the comic book community—which technically is the only community more frightened by the vagina than… — Ryan Patricks Copy Share Image
All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
We [ with Italo Calvino] had a great relationship. I don't think it's a coincidence that his only daughter's name is Giovanna.… — Giovanna Cau Copy Share Image
If we are always reading aloud something that is more difficult than children can read themselves then when they come to that… — Mem Fox Copy Share Image
I had written children's books for 14 years before I published 'Wicked.' And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Literature was not born the day when a boy crying “wolf, wolf” came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big… — Stanislas Dehaene Copy Share Image
When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I wasn't really much of a reader early on, but when I first started getting into reading at around 16 all I… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized men cannot live without cooks. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I understood we used to be close. But they were like books i'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them,… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
With a book you can read the same paragraph four times. You can go back to page 21 when you're on page… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
One of these days I'm going to write a book on drops. That ought to sell. The shot's become more popular than… — Jimmy Demaret Copy Share Image
It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it… — Bruce Tognazzini Copy Share Image
Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases. — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
“You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable.” — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
“To love books mean to love Libraries, to love libraries mean to love knowledge and to love knowledge mean to love creator.” — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
What terrifies me is that I might somehow endorse that view so people think they don't have to read books anymore. — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
If I'm doing something I know I can pull off, then that's not the book I should be writing. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I like to hear from my readers, and I like to feel like I'm part of a bigger community of readers and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
As the author you know how you want it to appear on screen and it's always the content dictating the form. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“Some books sold because they are (said to be) great. Some are (said to be) great because they sold.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
A personal essay often includes some or a lot of personal confession. That makes the reader feel less lonely in their confusion… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
“The book didn’t generate anything. All it did was give people a chance to express the biases they had before they even… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
People are unwilling to enforce the laws on the books. Instead, they make more laws. Why can't we get this right? — Kathy Szeliga Copy Share Image
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