'J' is a novel. A story about what it is like for people after a terrible event. And it is a love… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Prolonged travel in the alternate world of books can also make a reader more prone to fantasy thinking and estranged from his… — Maureen Corrigan Copy Share Image
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
There is not on the face of the earth-after the Book of Allah - a book which is more sahih than the… — Al-Shafi‘i Copy Share Image
“You can't do it right too often:author bob wyrick. A fanatic is a person who redoubles his effort after he's lost sight… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Authors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
You're not allowed to say anything about books because they're books, and books are, you know, God. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Our poems will have failed if our readers are not brought by them beyond the poems. — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
“I'm coming with you.” Riley insisted. “I've got a bulletproof vest and I'm a better sharpshooter than you. Don't mess with me.”… — Rebekah Martin Copy Share Image
My sister gave my two-and-a-half year old this book called 'And Tango Makes Three,' about the gay penguin couple at the Central… — Miriam Shor Copy Share Image
“Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the… — Robert Goolrick Copy Share Image
“Can you tell me what happened?" Her lips thinned as she shook her head. "'Tis not a happy tale." "You have me… — Jenny B. Jones Copy Share Image
No matter how troubled a character's history, romance novels tell us, love can be built upon it, and happily-ever-after can result. What's… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
When you look at classical structures, they're often linked to literature, music, or a poem. They were constructed by master builders, which… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
I have the Sony Reader; I have the Kindle as well. I don't really use either of them, to be honest. I'd… — Chad Hurley Copy Share Image
Get a book, so you know where to put your fingers. Otherwise it would be tough to learn. Also you have to… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I don't think I have a very novelistic brain. I like to read, but I don't know if I could ever write… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
“The modern cheap and fertile press, with all its translations, has done little to bring us nearer to the heroic writers of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Parenting has no guide book; we come to it with what came at us. It's only the conscious mind that can shift… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
There were so many amazing comic books. Like I was around for the original Frank Miller/Chris Claremont 'Wolverine' miniseries. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
Approach your lives as if they were novels, with their own heroes, villains, red herrings, and triumphs — Mary Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self. — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“Books are curious things. When they want to live, they find a way to become part of the lives that need them."… — Mark Danielewski Copy Share Image
To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading. — Kelly Gallagher Copy Share Image
Liberals don't hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Because I'm a woman writing about women who do bad things, that's somehow very 'other.' When men write that, it's called a… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
That freedom of writing you don't get in other formats, I'd rather leave it to someone else to deal with the headache… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at. — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
I think of an author as somebody who goes into the marketplace and puts down his rug and says, "I will tell… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
“Now that I was a novelist, I could not face the ignominy of failing to produce novels.” — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
“One thing I had learnt, the last person you should ask for a solution is the author. If he knew where he… — Iain Sinclair Copy Share Image
“I shrugged and took a page from the stupid girl book and flicked my hair over my shoulder.” — Ilsa Madden-Mills Copy Share Image
Stephen King's 'It' is my favorite book of all time. I was that kid that would come to the library and be… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
“Life is like reading a book... Sometimes when you need to move forward you just have to start the next chapter.” — Christie Cote Copy Share Image
“You learned this,” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.” “Er…yes?” He looked back at the picture. “I… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I think it is important to reach people through arts and literature, because then you establish a connection that's not an instant… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I dont really take anything from home except some U.S. magazines and books and definitely some U.S. music. There are just certain… — A. J. McLean Copy Share Image
