Librarians lend people books from the library. The best librarians are children's book librarians. — Richard Scarry Copy Share Image
“A world without books is like a playground without children. Natasha Johnstone” — Natasha Johnstone Copy Share Image
“All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hours, and the books of all Time.” — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Literature is so common a luxury that the age has grown fastidious. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“Motivational and moral books can change your present and future. Only The Bible can change your past.” — Alin Sav Copy Share Image
I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire… — Mike White Copy Share Image
If you never look just wrong to your contemporaries you will never look just right to posterity - every writer has to… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
The best books I read as a child were set in far-flung places, but also portrayed characters experiencing a life far removed… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
“John had said McKindless would be revealed through his library, but John was a bookseller; he formed his opinion of everyone through… — Louise Welsh Copy Share Image
I'm a freelance writer, and I work alone at a big desk in the living room of my apartment. There are many… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The real power of books is their deep companionability. We learn from them as we learn from the deep companionability of love… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
All the fantasy writers I know have a way of dwelling on their own fears and phobias. A writer spends his life… — Charles Beaumont Copy Share Image
“Reading a book about something can be an obstacle to doing it because it gives you the impression that you are doing… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“Dear Mr. Snicket, I would like to be a writer when I grow up, but my dad wants me to be a… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“Be a complex person. The more ways you define yourself, the less vulnerable you are to setbacks in any area. If you’re… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents would frisk me before family events, and find the book, and lock it in the car. And then be disappointed… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You wake up, your life is discipline: there's kids, breakfast, lunch box, go to work, discipline, organization, guests. Imagine the semi-final of… — Rene Redzepi Copy Share Image
“You know that frustrating feeling of losing the page in your book? You didn't want to go too far ahead and spoil… — Rebecca Raisin Copy Share Image
Several years ago we had an intern who was none too swift. One day he was typing and turned to a secretary… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
