In course of time my first novel appeared. It was a love story. — George Barr McCutcheon Copy Share Image
Read Don Quixote; it is a very good book; I still read it frequently. — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Back in the day, when I was starting out, I'd get five or 10 emails and I'd respond to every one. But… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I haven't read the 'Twilight' books. But it's everywhere so I feel like I know it. Edward, Bella, Jacob, etc. but... I… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
Look at the history of literature, and you find the history of beauty on the one hand and the IOUs on the… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“I was a little resentful that when a woman writes, her personal story becomes part of the story, even though the novel… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Some of the biggest challenges were, page after page, standing naked in front of the reader. — Rob Roberge Copy Share Image
When I'm tired and therefore indecisive, it can take half an hour to choose the book I am going to have with… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
“The clean book bill will be one of the most immoral measures ever adopted. It will throw American art back into the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer. — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
Kids are always writing me: 'I had a bad day too.' 'I got gum in my hair.' And the kids also write… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
I'm not a sociologist, and the novel has often concerned itself with sociology. It's one of the generating forces that's made fiction… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“He is no mean poet, and his verse can rouse or persuade even if his logic fail to convince. His message is… — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
“The truth is, everyone likes to look down on someone. If your favorites are all avant-garde writers who throw in Sanskrit and… — Brent weeks Copy Share Image
Facebook, what book? Slutbook? They need to call this F-ckbook. Picture looking good, but in person¦Yuckbook. Hellbook, Tellbook, bitches cant Spellbook. Hate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Muslim, Jew, Hindu or Christian, you are that because of where and when you were born. If you are an atheist, you… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“The reader brings to the work personality traits, memories of past events, present needs and preoccupations, a particular mood of the moment… — Louise Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The information I most want is in books not yet written by people not yet born. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them. — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
