A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take. — Moses ibn Ezra Copy Share Image
When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
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I like big doses of grief when I read: Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Kenzabaro Oe, Thomas Bernhard. — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
The reason I never want a book to end is that I start to feel like the characters are my friends. I'll… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
History is a novel which did take place; a novel is history that could take place. — Jules de Goncourt Copy Share Image
I always have some way of putting the stories together that works for the book. I've always switched points of view in… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I really never even seriously considered a book but a few years ago someone approached me out of the blue and I… — Mark McNairy Copy Share Image
Books about technology start-ups have a pattern. First, there's the grand vision of the founders, then the heroic journey of producing new… — Kate Crawford Copy Share Image
“But the problem with readers, the idea we're given of reading is that the model of a reader is the person watching… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
When a book comes from the publisher and you see it for the first time... Of course it's not remotely like seeing… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“Geeks are not the world’s rowdiest people. We’re quiet and introspective, and usually more comfortable communing with our keyboards or a good… — Angela Korra'ti Copy Share Image
“For the length of time it takes to write a book, you need to believe that you’re the only writer in existence;… — Martin Cosgrove Copy Share Image
“When I write, I go to live inside the book. By which I mean, mentally I can experience everything I’m writing about.… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image