I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
“A sincere hug or a well-placed kiss can communicate a book of words in a single moment.” — Kim Meeder Copy Share Image
The normal reaction of a publisher when faced with an author with a bee in his bonnet is to grab the check… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Simon Critchley's 'The Book of Dead Philosophers' - it's a quick thumbnail sketches of philosophers through the ages. — David Benioff Copy Share Image
Speak to any editor and ask them what they turned down, and they'll have long lists of books. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Do you know why I stopped being Delight, my brother? I do. There are things not in your book. There are paths… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I had some friends commenting me books, but mostly it was people I didn't know. But they're fans. They're fans of the… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“In this book, much is metaphorical, not as it seems. It’s written for writing’s sake, as if I were to say, “Let… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry,… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“1. Speak only when you have something to say. 2. Speak what you want to say and say it in the way… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“My dad was a rebel. A half-destroyed history book hidden in his room, friends at his funeral I knew nothing about . . .… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference. — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
I like to hold a book. When someone sends me a script, I ask for a hard copy or print one out. — Mario Cantone Copy Share Image
“Hugo headed off toward the door to leave, but the bookstore was warm and quiet, and the teetering piles of books fascinated… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“No matter how strong you are, you cannot hold open the jaws of a great-white shark with your bare hands... that can… — Ivan Stoikov Copy Share Image
“Once he'd been an open book and the days had been too short to hold all our words.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you have to sigh for those moments you forget you are wearing your cape.” — Love The Stacks Bookstore Copy Share Image
“Is your book interesting?' I had already formed the intention of asking her to lend it to me some day.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
I'm always reading, and you learn a lot by reading. When I was twenty-five, I read a lot, but didn't have much… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I am the author of my life. Unfortunatley, I'm writing in pen. And I cannot erase any mistakes. — DopeyDasha Copy Share Image
I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound. — William Lashner Copy Share Image
whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it. — Eve Merriam Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
My wife and I set up the business, we were always very open about it and had a business author's name as… — Grant Shapps Copy Share Image
“Writing is a unique art-form. You are painting a detailed image in someone's mind, and it will be different for every single… — Giuseppe Bianco Copy Share Image
Neither my mom nor my dad ever bought me any comic books. Certainly not for Christmas. I suspect that doing so would… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Books, including those written by famous authors, may sit unread on forgotten shelves, attracting dust rather than readers’ attention.” — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
You must find the right voice (or voices) for the timbre that can convince a reader to give himself up to you. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“There are a lot of people like me, people who need books the way they need air.” — Richard Marek Copy Share Image
You have in you a Thousand times More than is in all books.Never lose Faith in Yourself,You can do anything in this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Here stand my books, line upon line They reach the roof, and row by row, They speak of faded tastes of mine,… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I think people feel for a long time that they ought to know how to write a novel in two drafts. — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
