In your hands winter is a book with cloud pages that snow pearls of love. — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize. — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books. — Chinese Proverbs Copy Share Image
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I didn't have any great talent. I didn't want to become a rock star or an author. — Kumar Mangalam Birla Copy Share Image
The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
With a young-adult series, you need to get a lot of books out on the market quickly. Teenagers aren't going to wait… — P. C. Cast Copy Share Image
“Each book holds an experience and an adventure." [ Letters of Note ; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]” — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
“All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The best moment in writing any book is when you just can't wait to get back to the writing, when you can't… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I think there's a false division people sometimes make in describing literary novels, where there are people who write systems novels, or… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Attending a book group is always a salutary experience for a writer. There's no guarantee that the people there will have enjoyed… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
America is a nation of liars, and for that reason science fiction has a special claim to be our national literature, as… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
I get up in the morning, do my e-mail, I check my e-mails all day. I'll go online and I'll buy my… — Joseph Bologna Copy Share Image
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