Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted. — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
A bad book with a good cover is nothing but a wooden house with a golden door. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, where books are concerned.” — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
A typical day for me is I get up at 6:00, the coffeemaker goes on automatically and the computer gets turned on.… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I think with every book you realize you are partway through and there is something really elementary that you should have researched. — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
I don't have a style. I wouldn't say I have a style as a writer, either. I know people have said "This… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
Have you ever given someone a book you enjoyed enormously, with a feeling of envy because they were about to read it… — Jack Finney Copy Share Image
It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching… — Julia Alvarez Copy Share Image
whenever I read a passage that moves me, I transcribe it in my diary, hoping my fingers might learn what excellence feels… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“One must not put trust in novelists, Beth; they create worlds to fit their own needs and drive their characters mad in… — Mary Robinette Kowal Copy Share Image
“You won’t forget that,” Claire assured her. “I like things written down,” Tabitha mumbled. “Then you’ve got them for good.” — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
“In the writing of books, as all the world knows, two things are above all other things essential -- the one is… — Jeffery Farnol Copy Share Image
“Between one dip of the pen, Petrarch writes, ‘between one dip of the pen and the next, the time passes: and I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is a most remarkable thing. I sat down with the full intention of writing something clever and original; but for the… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“The brown and charred rags that hung from the sides of it, I presently recognized as the decaying vestiges of books. They… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If anyone ever wonders why there's nothing coming from me, it's not my fault. I'm doing the work. No, I haven't deteriorated… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
Twitter is incredibly useful. It's a great example of how the Internet is changing the way we engage with information and text.… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
But the writing life, it turned out, was difficult. It wasn't like you could sit down and flip a switch and crank… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
The first good reason to write a book is to add value to people’s lives. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“Only two classes of books have universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.” — Ford Maddox Copy Share Image
I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“Writing is not about the voices in your head, but the voices that make the great leap to the page.” — J.H. Glaze Copy Share Image
When it comes to books and friends, it is best to have only a few but all good ones. — Guillaume Musso Copy Share Image
“All I can do is read a book to stay awake, and it rips my life away, but it's a great escape.” — Blind Melon Copy Share Image
“Books should grow the soul - while the reader has a little fun along the way.” — A.K. Frailey Copy Share Image
I feel like I write about life and love and death; it's just what I gravitate towards. — Sarah Barthel Copy Share Image
Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book. — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
“The World is a book and those who do not travel read only a page' St. Augustine of Hippo” — Monica Joseph Copy Share Image
Literature itself is a species of code. You line up symbols and create a simulacrum of life. — Marcel Theroux Copy Share Image
Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
