My real pleasure is that 4 times a week 1,800 people are standing up and shouting on Broadway for an author who… — Terry Hands Copy Share Image
I guess people might be surprised to know I read comic books. I'm a Marvel girl, as opposed to DC. — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult… — Catherine Fisher Copy Share Image
People don't roll around naked in my books. I do allow them to go to bed if they're married, but it's all… — Barbara Cartland Copy Share Image
“I know the story by heart. The book is just a "do not disturb" sign, to make sure no one talks to… — Laura Bradley Rede Copy Share Image
“...and my books are like friends that I come back to at night." ~Cynthia Batten” — Cynthia Batten Copy Share Image
Your skin is not paper, don't cut it. Your face isn't a mask, don't cover it. Your size isn't a book, don't… — Connor Sinnett Copy Share Image
“The Adventure called and I followed with my thumb like a character being written by an intractable author. Which, of course, I… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
A readers eyes may glaze over after they take in a couple of paragraphs about Canadian tariffs or political developments in Pakistan;… — Donald E. Graham Copy Share Image
“...a book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
Obama is a very fine writer with an excellent command of language. His memoir 'Dreams From My Father' is a fine book,… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
People are going to bash you. You get rejected. It's hard. I don't really feel like that's my place as the teacher.… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage, with my books, my family, and a few old friends, dining… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
“I have tried so to write the first chapter that those who can't bear such a story will see at once what… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“What is my favorite part of book one? It would have to be the last chapter because that’s when the consequences catch… — E.J. Caulder Copy Share Image
“There being no international copyright laws, “pirated” editions abounded, with no complaint from the public, or much from authors, who were lionized.” — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
With each book, I've found myself more and more able to draw off the personal and still be as vulnerable as I… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
“Books that glorify virginity demean women with healthy sex drives who aren't married to Jesus.” — Hazel Kelly Copy Share Image
My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
“There are some wives who require but a sentence. There are some who require a book. You, Miss Clarke, would require volumes.” — Sally Gunning Copy Share Image
I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies… — Tom Araya Copy Share Image
We all would love the idea of people getting what's coming to them in books and in life, but sometimes the trajectory… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
'Underworld' was my first filmed book. I think there are about seven of my lines in it. — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“That’s the only problem with novels,’ Mia said. ‘They give readers such high hopes that the real world can often be a… — Victoria Connelly Copy Share Image
[Alex] Haley had a tendency to write even more frequently and voluminously to his agents and his editors than he did putting… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I never met a librarian worth his or her salt who didn't perceive my passion for books. — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
I hope and pray that I'll be one of those fortunate people who have many, many books to write. I don't begrudge… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“And if you haven't got a single book, the idea of putting your hand on one is like Christmas and a birthday… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“Humans are naturally social; civilization causes us to be antisocial." From my next book: The Five Forgotten Truths” — Kirk D. Sinclair Copy Share Image
The only question I'd be interested in is what books other celebrities have read recently, which is part of my campaign to… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
If you die without agency as a child, but you have agency in your body [in the novel], how is it to… — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
There's something very self-conscious about a writer who's addressing his reader. Don't do that. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin's book is big, 400 pages. She wrote the book herself and agonized over every word, and so will you. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
My entire book was typed with three fingers and a very confident space-bar thumb. — Sarah Millican Copy Share Image
A memoir is a book about some particular thread or theme or moment in a person's life, whereas an autobiography is the… — Richard Hell Copy Share Image
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