“Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good.” — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper. — Mike Greenberg Copy Share Image
“People loves Ideas I love books because Ideas can be found in books” — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
“Rather tiring to a person whose idea of outdoor activity was taking her book outside to read. “All” — Kristan Higgins Copy Share Image
A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“To put an end to the spirit of inquiry that has characterized the West it is not necessary to burn the books.… — Robert M. Hutchins Copy Share Image
One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
You can't rewrite nothing, but you can rewrite 90 pages of sh*t. Now you've got your sh*t on the page, you can… — Jeff Daniels Copy Share Image
Once I began college, I was committed to writing, which I think is different from saying I wanted to become a writer.… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I always have Moleskine notebooks on my desk. I am a big journaler. Every day I write down where I went, who… — Alexa Von Tobel Copy Share Image
Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This is every reader's catch-22: the more you read, the more you realize you haven't read; the more you yearn to read… — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
“I need fiction, I am an addict. This is not a figure of speech. I don’t quite read a novel a day,… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
“The question one asks of the young writer who wants to know if he's got what it takes is this: "Is writing… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
I have rarely read a more wonderful book than To Win Her Favor by Tamera Alexander. Rich with historical detail and fully… — Colleen Coble Copy Share Image
“Maybe everyone does have a novel in them, perhaps even a great one. I don't believe it, but for the purposes of… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“It's always been important for writers to be disciplined but now even more so. In addition to the traditional displacement activities like… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Even though I don't write about things that come from my life because I'm lucky, and I live in a great place… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
“When you read a book, you don't give up on it. You might soon feel like your part of the story.” — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“HAVING THE ANSWER DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN YOU KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM -HOPENATION” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them. — David Morrell Copy Share Image
There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it. — Jane Fallon Copy Share Image
We clung to books and to our friends; they reminded us that we had another part to us. — Annie Barrows Copy Share Image
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Books take their place according to their specific gravity as surely as potatoes in a tub. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I find writing really difficult - definitely the most difficult of all the things I do. — Grant Heslov Copy Share Image
“For me writing has always been best when it's intimate, as sexy as skin on skin.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The greatest book is one written by your pen, but not exactly from your mind.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Writing is a wholetime job: no professional writer can afford only to write when he feels like it. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I can't ever think of writing a book or an autobiography. I'm a little private person. — Randhir Kapoor Copy Share Image
I did not want to write, but I had to resign myself to it in the end. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
