I'm writing for entertainment. I like people to reach the end and feel they got their money's worth. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
Librarians are teaching the next generation how to use digital media responsibly. — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“It may sound dorky, but I love books- the feel of the paper, the old musty smell, & especially the way the… — Cheryl Renee Herbsman Copy Share Image
I don't think any of my books tell the reader anything new. But they do remind, in a time that is strident… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Luckily for you, you can close the book The Postman Always Rings Twice and break out of it, and James M. Cain… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
“Reading is nothing less than divinity. An experience that is both visceral and ethereal. An open book in your hand, a mind… — J.G. Starbuck Copy Share Image
Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas; he that reads books of science, thogh… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Reading is primarily a symptom. Of a healthy imagination, of our interest in this and other worlds, of our ability to be… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“It is commonly said to my little friend Legion: Read the great writers for style. But I say to him: Read the… — Eugene Manlove Rhodes Copy Share Image
I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily… — Joyce Thompson Copy Share Image
I like reading books about kids where there weren't really many adults, where they didn't need an adult to come and solve… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“The main reason to use Booki rather than a word processor to write a book is to effectively collaborate with other authors.… — James D. Simmons Copy Share Image
People think librarians are unromantic, unimaginative. This is not true. We are people whose dreams run in particular ways. Ask a mountain… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“The art of writing is not unlike the act of screaming. A constant flow of otherworldly emotions with tempos high and hymns… — Rosca Marx Copy Share Image
“With this book I hope what I always hope—that readers will nod their heads (not constantly, you know, but at the odd… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Books are like eggs. Somethings you have to crack them open to get anything out.” — Clifton L. Taulbert Copy Share Image
I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Writing is a gift. To be good at your gift you need to keep writing.” — Lisa Powell Copy Share Image
Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“Reading is a sojourn that takes you round the world without having to move a feet.” — Sravani Saha Nakhro Copy Share Image
To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it. — Gail Tsukiyama Copy Share Image
Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
