A book doesn't have to be a literary classic, of course, to change us forever. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
If I'm not writing, I'm not fully living. It has become the essential element that defines who I am. — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
“Because, you know, evil demon librarians, not so much known for the honesty policy.” — Michelle Knudsen Copy Share Image
One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper. — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
It is not possible to write clearly enough to avoid being misrepresented by people who are sufficiently determined to do so. — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Gordon eyed them with inert hatred. At this moment he hated all books, and novels most of all. Horrible to think of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I do think that the kind of writing that I do will always be around and printed in books, magazines, and now… — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
“I soon developed myopia and a firm belief that people in books were not only more interesting but more real than people… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I calmed myself by walking into my nearby bookstore and marveling at all the books other people had written. So many people… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
It's like reading a book about a life that you will never occupy, but that's the beauty of being transported. — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
I began writing when I was still in the British Foreign Service, and it was then understood that even if you wrote… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The writing ethic was influenced - when you have to write every day, there's no such thing as writer's block. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“Every book is an alchemical creation, and I'm thinking back to 1857 when Herman Melville arrived in Greece and saw the Parthenon… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life and there has never been a time… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“Because every day in my journal I write down the best thing that's happened to me. And today it's you." When When… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
“A novel examines not reality but existence. And existence is not what has occurred, existence is the realm of human possibilities, everything… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“now he was requesting as much microfilm as the librarians would let him have at one time, and was buzzing it all… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
People who write for reward by way of recognition or monetary gain don't know what they're doing. They're in the category of… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
The object we call a book is not the real book, but its seed or potential, like a music score. It exists… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Dickens's humanity and compassion made an extraordinary impact on Victorian England through his writings, which remain immensely popular. This bicentenary should help… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it. — Carlo Goldoni Copy Share Image
The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An author is a person who can never take innocent pleasure in visiting a bookstore again. — Roy Blount, Jr Copy Share Image
“Appreciate the moment of a first kiss; it may be the last time you own your heart.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
Literature is composed of quarter truths, and the quarters are often spent on penny candy. — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you're not writing. — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
“I’ll write something that’s 111% true. It’ll be so true that it’ll be 100% false.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I don't read. I don't like to read 'Harry Potter' or anything like that. It's not my style. — Nicole Polizzi Copy Share Image
