“The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
When I write, it's to heal. It's my own self-therapy so that I don't actually feel sad all of the time. — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
It's so much easier to write for a person in your life than to write for some imagined readership, so you write… — Jonah Peretti Copy Share Image
“Because all books are forbidden when a country turns to terror. The scaffolds on the corners, the list of things you may… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
As a former writer for the 'National Lampoon,' I've probably contributed to the sea of sarcasm in which we live. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I don't put a lot of pressure on myself when I'm writing. It feels like if I come up with something good,… — Moby Copy Share Image
The ideal view for daily writing, hour for hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I read. I order books from the States. I literally go into bookstores, close my eyes, and take things off the shelf.… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life." The most importnant truth in… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Many books belong to sunshine, and should be read out of doors. Clover, violets, and hedge roses breathe from their leaves; they… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
You hope for that with anything, but with a TV show, the writer and the actor being the right mix are more… — Jake Kasdan Copy Share Image
If literature does one thing, it makes you more empathetic by making you live other lives and feel the pain of others.… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I Reread my favorite books from back to front. I start with the last chapter and read backward until I get… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language,… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“I write our names on the page. What of it, if the paper will be burned? I write our names in the… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
