I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them. — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
“Good books, good friends and a sleepy conscience:this is the ideal life.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As useful as websites and journals are, there's real value in books, too. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
“If I want to write something interesting, I must be interested in what I'm writing.” — Peter Arpesella Copy Share Image
“Dostoyevsky was the sum of all these contradictions which either paralyze a man or lead him to the heights.” — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Life a book that we are not allowed to read before living, but only to anticipate what is written one, three, maybe… — Mariana Fulger Copy Share Image
If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to it: I should only write letters to… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
“Make me tell you something else about reading. You see this? Every time you open this you get free. Freeness up in… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
“It's not Jane Austen, it's not Henry James. But this writer, or writers, well, they're pretty damn good too.” — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
If you're writing, it means getting up and writing all day, and if you're filming, it's getting up and filming all day.… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of Hugh Kenner, Richard Ellman, Lionel Trilling and Frank Kermode. All these people have taught me how to read… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
If you grow up in Ireland and read books then you really are obliged to attempt your own some time. It is… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
For me, movies and television are interesting because they are the dominant storytelling form of our time. My first love will always… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
“To write is to objectify dreams, to create an outer world as a material reward [?] of our nature as creators. To… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Because I write what I feel the most heavy about. So if there is one day of the week when I feel… — Phoebe Bridgers Copy Share Image
I think it's just too kinda juicy and compelling to imagine people in their private lives, but then half the time people's… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
“I like writing that is restrained and invisible. I don't mean that I like things to be simple and easy to decode,… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
I love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern literature. As far as Russian literature… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image