“I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze.” — E.B. White Copy Share Image
“Profitable bookstores sell books. Unprofitable book sellers store books.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The most important things in our intimate lives can't be discussed with strangers, except in books. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time. — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
I really never even seriously considered a book but a few years ago someone approached me out of the blue and I… — Mark McNairy Copy Share Image
“But it's one thing to feel that a book can speak beyond its particular time and place to something universal, and another… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
The book [ A Passage to India ] shows signs of fatigue and disillusionment; but it has chapters of clear and triumphant… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing, which remark I guess shows I still don't have a pure motive (O it's-such-fun-I-just-can't-stop-who-cares-if-it's-published-or-read)… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.] — Horace Copy Share Image
I think writing for anybody helps you order your life. It helps you arrange your emotions and your thoughts and it helps… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
“There is a somewhat time-worn joke about people taking up library work because they like to read : the joke consisting of… — Mary Virginia Provines Copy Share Image
I'm not immune to the readers' desires. Sometimes they are my own, because I'm a reader, too. The readers' desire to know… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“How are you going do your writings? How can the others understand you through words describing places, sensations, thoughts, feelings, hope, love,… — Frederick Vanderbuilt Copy Share Image
I am not expecting anyone to feel sorry for me, but when friends ask how it feels to be a debut novelist… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“What will history’s verdict be about our time?" ~ Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos Yearning like a man yearns for fire on cold winter… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
Cutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin brothers. It… — Richard Selzer Copy Share Image
“The sound of her phone shocked her out of the dark world that was currently playing in front of her eyes from… — Allie Burke Copy Share Image
“Your book is a springboard and integral strategic part of your overall game plan. Being an author positions you strongly upon your… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
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