“-- that books were mirrors, reflective in sometimes unpredictable ways.” — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
“Books can break a man open, even ones about a panda, maybe especially so.” — Gregory Sherl Copy Share Image
Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“Memories help make us who we are.(Taken from novel...A Very English Affair)” — Faith Mortimer Copy Share Image
Being an adult is basically a choose your own adventure book but every choice sounds terrible. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Business books are generally read and written by people who aren't good at business. — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
“Authors go on writing books, and so we go on reading them. It is a sad state of affairs.” — Elizabeth Aston Copy Share Image
“There is no good or bad author; there is only one kind of an author, that who connects with the readers.” — Saru Singhal Copy Share Image
When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
The distribution might which Penguin brought to the table and the stature they gave me as an author is unparalleled. — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
In a movie, a book, or a play, a character doesn't live in a vacuum. She is subject to pressures from the… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Once I've properly finished a book, my ideal state of being would be to never think about it again. But with 'Capital,'… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“from the Prize winning poem - UNBORN in the book Terra Affirmative. "Under the surface / her body is curled, / seed… — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
Meeting writers is always so disappointing. I got over wanting to meet live writers quite a long time ago. There is this… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
You have to expose part of yourself to create a character deep enough for readers to care about. You try not to… — Adam Haslett Copy Share Image
The humblest peasant is as free in the sight of God as the proudest monarch that ever swayed a sceptre. Liberty is… — Henry Highland Garnet Copy Share Image
“maybe you can tell me what the history books got wrong." I nodded, speech centers of my brain overridden by the same… — Edward W. Robertson Copy Share Image
“Most people have a list of 100 books to read before they die, or 100 places to visit. Not me. I have… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Naming my favorite books feels like naming a favorite child - impossible. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate. — James Herbert Copy Share Image
I will never shy away from social issues in my books - or in my everyday life. — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
Like every other self-respecting academic, I'm distrustful of self-help books. — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
“If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the tools to write.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to, using literature, subvert people's responses. — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
