Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Oh, Anne, things are so mixed-up in real life. They aren't clear-cut and trimmed off, as they are in novels.” — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“The bookcases were lined with titles, hundreds of books shelved by subject in alphabetical order.-Everything from aberrant behavior to the mysteries of… — Tami Hoag Copy Share Image
My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
Let's hear it for Waterstones, which has put its sizeable retail muscle behind a campaign to end the marketing of books as… — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Hell, I'm going to play pro basketball. I'm going to maybe be famous. I'm going to write books. — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
I don't really read what people write about me. Someone gives my novel one star; are they a troll? Are they someone… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude named Tolstoy, who wrote, 'Happy families are all alike;… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“a fan of author Patrick Lencioni, Stevenson borrows from his concept of "company first" in her leadership program..."In every IT transformation, you… — Martha Heller Copy Share Image
I write a column for The Village Voice, which I've done since time immemorial, and occasionally - and books. And I occasionally… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
When people say "How do you write a book, how does it all happen?" I say, you line things up, and you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
“Anika’s hand in his felt natural, and the energy between them felt big and important, straight-up literary, like Tristan and Isolde. Cathy… — Leah Konen Copy Share Image
You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing. — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them. — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
I like getting under the skin of the protagonists of every book I read, it makes the whole story so much more… — Shweta Bachchan Nanda Copy Share Image
“You are either in a state of perfection or a state of learning. Reading is one of the best ways to learn… — Cupideros Copy Share Image
For the black author, and even the ex-slave narrator, creativity has often lain with the lie - forging an identity, 'making' one,… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
A powerful flight of the imagination . . . an entirely enjoyable reading experience, wrought by a pair of writers noted for excellence. — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for.” — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I grew up raiding my brother's comic book stash. I tried to lose myself in fiction. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“the end of the book isn’t the last page, it’s the last day you think about what you read” — Dave Campbell Copy Share Image
I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of… — Jerzy Kosinski Copy Share Image
“He agreed with Francis Bacon: Old friends to trust, old wood to burn, old authors to read.” — Lilian Jackson Braun Copy Share Image
Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
My Dear Reader Chum, a very hearty hello to you. What an honour and privilege it is to have you perusing my… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
Never quit. My book, Chicken Soup for the Soul, was turned down by 33 publishers. It's since sold millions of copies. — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“...The book of the hours - Tres Riche Heures - what did it matter when I had you?...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech. — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Any silly ism or stupid book that considers men above women, must be shunned like a lowlife demon. For, all's one, barring… — Fakeer Ishavardas Copy Share Image
I meditate - very pretentious - and I try to read as much as I can and swim at the Y. — Lucas Hedges Copy Share Image
So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
