I know I'm old-fashioned, but there's just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen,… — Annabelle Selldorf Copy Share Image
“Pretjerano čitanje ne čini nas pametnijim. Neki ljudi jednostavno 'gutaju' knjige. Oni to čine bez onih neophodnih intervala razmišljanja, koji su potrebni… — Alija Izetbegović Copy Share Image
I sold 'Time Life' books on the telephone. It's probably the only pure skill job I've ever had. When you're on and… — David Nevins Copy Share Image
“You can never trust the deceptive, manipulative and abusive financial solicitors/beggars of political funds of handsome putschists who commit defamation, calumny, polemics… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
I was a voracious reader and the library fed my curiosity, imagination and my soul. I read by the shelf - biographies,… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“If I show up at your house ten years from now and find nothing in your living room but The Readers Digest,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
“Good books don't make you think, because the author has already done all of the thinking for you, but a terrible book… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
A lot of writers do think of their characters as living beings. I know that's the way people think. That's why I… — Dennis Cooper Copy Share Image
“There's just no happily ever after in Janie's book. But they both know there is something. Something good between them. There is… — Lisa McMann Copy Share Image
“The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“But my considered opinion, after long reflection, is that, whilst in many places the effect of "Ulysses" on the reader undoubtedly is… — John Munro Woolsey Copy Share Image
“A short poem from my book: Perspective Of course there is a hell she said and it has an observation deck; so… — Michelle Hartman Copy Share Image
I sometimes longed for someone who, like me, had not adjusted perfectly with his age, and such a person was hard to… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
I looked out into the audience, saw dozens of faces I knew well - LGBTQ folks, mostly - all avid comics readers… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
“I have enormous respect for the reader. They are able to take symbols from a page that an author has invented, and… — Lynette Willows Copy Share Image
At home, I have lot of pictures from 'The Walking Dead' and some stuff from comic books. At comic conventions, people will… — Chandler Riggs Copy Share Image
I think Twitter is the literature of the 21st century. I think it's an incredible art because when you make a book,… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I think that we did a really good thing when we elected Barack Obama. I read his books. He is absolutely and… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Man is certainly not creative, but his creativity should not be concerned with God. His creativity should be concerned with making a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“To the Reader" As you read, a white bear leisurely pees, dyeing the snow saffron, and as you read, many gods lie… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
Good writing is almost the concomitant of good history. Literature and history were joined long since by the powers which shaped the… — C. V. Wedgwood Copy Share Image
“It is generally understood that a modern-day book may honorably be based upon an older one, especially since, as Dr. Johnson observed,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
There are some readers who have never read an essay on taste; and if they take my advice they never will, for… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
The Guinness book is a very elitist organization. There's nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I use all kinds of resources for researching my novels. I'm not shy about calling up experts and asking questions, or emailing,… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
You have with you the book you were reading in the cafe, which you are eager to continue, so that you can… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
Money by Martin Amis. I read it when I was 15, I read it hundreds of times since then and it always… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
“...the book has survived the same human disaster over and over again. Think about it. You've got a society where people tolerate… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
I never thought about writing a novel until I was 13, and that happened by chance. I was on school holidays, and… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
I think people underestimate the romance audience. It's everything from career women to high school girls to elderly women. I have male… — Heather Graham Pozzessere Copy Share Image
Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative impulse; the… — Sven Birkerts Copy Share Image
“Three weird sisters in an antifeminist trifecta, they each celebrated in their books the strapping male as a hero, and exhibited a… — Caroline Fraser Copy Share Image
“Who reads detailed contracts, articles or books anymore? That's why I shrunk my giant book into a Picturebook! But...Contracts & finance have… — Lisa Goldin Copy Share Image
You know I used to be the back porch poet with my book of lines, always hoping knowing all the time, I'm… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
I'm very, very leery of nonfiction books where they change timeframes and use - what do they call those things? - composite… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“It is my greatest wish that victims of paranormal attack are treated with the respect and compassion they deserve, and that by… — Caroline Mitchell Copy Share Image
If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
