As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“…secondhand bookstores have pilgrims. The words out of print are a call to arms for those who seek a Holy Grail made… — Kathleen Tessaro Copy Share Image
As a small kid, I came across things like these early Edward Gorey books in department-store bookstores. These were these really unusual… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller, and that's the secret weapon of… — John Green Copy Share Image
So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Fischer was a good kid but very unsophisticated about anything but chess. It was all chess for him, every waking moment. We'd… — Ronald Gross Copy Share Image
“The replacement of independent bookstores by firms such as Barnes & Noble, Waterstones or Borders superficially provided a wide range of reading,… — Sara Ayad Copy Share Image
That's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“Books were the main reason Rose worked in bookstores, for no matter how chaotic and strange the worlds in them might be,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only people who have never had a problem with me speaking in their venues are independent bookstores and libraries. Universities and… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
When I was a young comic in New York and I wasn't getting any work, I was wandering around the Lower East… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
For the mind and the imagination, bookstores aren't enough, college courses aren't enough, the Internet isn't enough. Those resources are all governed… — Helen Vendler Copy Share Image
The bookstore was a parking lot for used graveyards. Thousands of graveyards were parked in rows like cars. Most of the books… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot has changed - ebooks are a much more valid format and bigger presses are taking less chances.… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I just hate the whole idea of labeling anything as a comedy. If you tell me something's funny, I'll want to rebel… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
As an author, I don't really think too much about being a celebrity. It's not like being a movie star or a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I was once doing a question and answer period with the novelist Jane Smiley in a bookstore and someone asked us what… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing… — Mike Greenberg Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
Go to the bookstore and look at how many bookshelves are filled with books trying to explain how to work the devices.… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
I myself don't know what makes my books work. I enter a bookstore and I'm frankly overwhelmed by the number of books… — Chetan Bhagat Copy Share Image
The fact that people go to Portland to visit a tiny feminist bookstore-no matter what the impetus is for them getting there-the… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Ever since the '70s, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo were the godfathers of Scandinavian crime. They broke the crime novel in Scandinavia… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
There's an unwritten compact between you and the reader. If someone enters a bookstore and sets down hard earned money (energy) for… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
My urge at Christmas time or Hanukkah-time or Kwanzaa-time is that people go to bookstores: that they walk around bookstores and look… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
When I go into a bookstore I always look for books by John Fante. If they are out-of-stock on one of his… — John Fante Copy Share Image
We live in a world where you can walk into a bookstore and get a how-to guide on just about anything. But… — Andrew Levitas Copy Share Image
I am driven by love and I have been in love with a handful of different people, men and women. It's like,… — Nico Tortorella Copy Share Image
A young lady went into a bookstore and asked the clerk for Irving Stone's book, "Immoral Wife." The title is "Immortal Wife,"… — James Keller Copy Share Image
Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin Copy Share Image
When I visit a new bookstore, I demand cleanliness, computer monitors, and rigorous alphabetization. When I visit a secondhand bookstore, I prefer… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
V'lane: Are you busy tomorrow MacKayla ? Barrons: She's working on old texts with me. V'lane: Ah. Old texts. A banner day… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
I sometimes have the sense that I live my life as a writer with my nose pressed against the wide, shiny plate… — Jan Clausen Copy Share Image
Look at the world of books nowadays. People just download books. They don't go to a bookstore. Amazon is wiping out Borders… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
A lot of my ideas come from McNally Jackson bookstore. One of my favorite things to do is just go there and… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
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