“Books are, let's face it, better than everything else. If we played cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go 15 rounds… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I didnt expect the novels to be a success with anyone, so no. However, Im not surprised that there is an adult… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I've been surprised at how much an unknown like myself can accomplish just by reaching out to people and pleading my case.… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
I don't know how it is with other writers, but most of the time when I finish [reading] a story or novel,… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
The point of what I do is that it doesn't really matter what a book or a story is as long it… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual,… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
Writing a book about Jeremy Corbyn, set out with two objectives. The first was simple: to explain how he became the leader… — Alex Nunns Copy Share Image
“I couldn't get you out of my head after we met. I told myself it was the novely of an innocent Neph… — Wendy Higgins Copy Share Image
It seems to me that to take a book of mine into his hands is one of the rarest distinctions that anyone… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Improvisation, it is a mystery. You can write a book about it, but by the end no one still knows what it… — Stephane Grappelli Copy Share Image
“I’ll take all those crimes and robberies, wars and villagers, generals and crooks, that are asleep in the silence of the archives… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The copy of an ad is merely a punning gag to distract the critical faculties while the image of the product goes… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
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“Naturally, some of the reviews were negative. In speeches, Bezos later recalled getting an angry letter from an executive at a book… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
To begin with, I hold that there is never an end; everything of which our life is composed, pictures and books as… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
The books take a year just to do the drawing. I will travel to a country to do the research and get… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
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“But see, publishers don’t actually know what readers want. They know what distributors want. Joe and Jane Smith? No clue. Barnes &… — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
My book, 'The Total Me-Tox,' is about self-care and self-love and how they lead to success and empowerment. My goal is to… — Beth Behrs Copy Share Image
I think what happens to young writers is that they use up every life experience that they have had up to that… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
Books, we are told, propose to instruct or to amuse. Indeed! A true antithesis to knowledge, in this case, is not pleasure,… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
You ever buy a book and not read it? You feel almost guilty having it up on a bookshelf. People are like,… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Homer, in the second book of the Iliad says with fine enthusiasm, "Give me masturbation or give me death." Caesar, in his… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I do not think that there need be the conflict between books and videos, that one would drive out the other. It… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I can't actually wrap my mind around it easily - I can't really visualize what 2 million books looks like... So I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I grew up surfing on the north coast of New South Wales, and on most of the beaches, women never wore tops.… — Simon Baker Copy Share Image
At the moment, I have it planned as a six or seven year experiment, but the books will only ever appear in… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
With every sentence she writes, Davis freshens the senses. Her novels achieve a tone that’s unlike anyone else’s, creating an atmosphere you… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
Cabaret is a much more up close and personal experience, which I enjoy very much. This is a tremendous difference to being… — Chita Rivera Copy Share Image
Can you imagine doing ministry the last five hundred years and getting away with ‘Sorry, I don’t do books’? Can you imagine… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
Ramona was originally an accidental character I added to the Henry Huggins books because I noticed that none of the characters had… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
It was, according to the history books, the fastest coronation since Bubric the Saxon crowned himself with a very pointy crown on… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls," said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. "These books… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
There were definitely auditions and even bookings and jobs where I played your typical Asian model minority: an IT tech guy or… — Manny Jacinto Copy Share Image
I've felt pressure to produce long fiction for as long as I've been writing fiction. There's just an incredible bias in the… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“You teach the reader that he’s way smarter than he thought he was. I think one of the insidious lessons about TV… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I disagree that Blood Will Out is a memoir in the conventional sense. It's the story of a relationship, primarily, not an… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
When you write, you're alone in a room. And when someone reads a book, they're alone in a room, too, usually. It's… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
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