I encourage people to read by encouraging them to read whatever they want. — Jane Cleland Copy Share Image
I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book. — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
Always end your book with Nelson Mandela saying something about rainbows or renaissances. Because you care. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
“One novel has been all my reading, Our Mutual Friend, one of the cleverest that Dickens has written.” — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“HENDERSON, I LOVE YOUR NAME. I LOVE YOUR NOVEL. I LOVE YOUR FLANNEL SHIRTS, YOUR SMILE. I LOVE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND DINOSAURS… — Phoebe Stone Copy Share Image
'Family Life' is a blueprint of my life. It was horrible and physically gruesome in a way the book doesn't attempt to… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time. — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
“I love staring at my books for hours just trying to decide which book to read next. Doing that is almost as… — Love The Stacks Bookstore Copy Share Image
MY 5 FAVORITE BOOKS!!! LOVE ALLY CARTER SPY BOOKS. THEY. ARE. THE. BEST. BOOKS... EVER!!!!!!!! u must read if u like spy,… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
“I will find you another long-forgotten Queen Mab poem in no time. Depend on it. I refuse to let Cody or anyone… — Martin Millar Copy Share Image
“Life is always a novel. Our existence may cease to be a song; it may cease even to be a beautiful lament.… — Kevin Belmonte Copy Share Image
It's funny, I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
My mother, Southern to the bone, once told me, “All Southern literature can be summed up in these words: ‘On the night… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I use these senses - touch, sight, feel and smell - as triggers that invite readers or propel them into the scene.… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
Fishing books , lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. .. . We do not think of them as books… — Arthur Ransome Copy Share Image
