I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards. — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't have a room full of writers pitching ideas. It's just me out of my head. — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
As long as there's a strong theme that I can identify with, that's what makes me interested in writing. — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“Transcend the terrestrial; surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
I loved everything. I read everything. Art and poetry and literature and trash and sci fi. I didn't know what I would… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I don't keep a journal anymore. I did when I was younger, and I think its good for young girls to try… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
“What good literature can do and does do—far greater than any importation of morality—is touch the human soul.” — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
Henry James and Edith Wharton are huge for me because they gave me a way to understand America while still respecting the… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
A book collection is a cross between a Rorschach test and This Is Y our Life. It marks your life clearly like… — Margo Kaufman Copy Share Image
I really do believe that chance favours a prepared mind. Wallace Stegner, who was one of my teachers when I was at… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
When I write, I fall into the zone many writers, painters, musicians, athletes, and craftsmen of all sorts seem to share: In… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The books became more than just something to read; they became esoteric possessions, present on the wall because I liked the look… — J.W. Ironmonger Copy Share Image
I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this;… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Everyone has a bookplate these days, and the collectors are after it. The fool and his bookplate are soon parted. To distribute… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
“Books are the greatest treasure of wisdom and knowledge for mankind.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“There are few nicer things than sitting up in bed, drinking strong tea, and reading.” — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say. — James Howe Copy Share Image
With writing, I can express myself, really, and share my ideas and just let my thoughts flow out. — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Can a writer forget something that he’s written in one of his own books? Yes, of course.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“life rarely finds its exact likeness in a novel, that is hardly fiction’s purpose,” — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I am writing, I am aware of a rhythm, a dance, a fury, which is as yet empty of words. — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
“Good paperbacks are among the most valuable weapons of any society. Good hardcovers doubly so.” — Matthew Keefer Copy Share Image
“Don’t think of me as a librarian. Think of me as a mad scientist; this is my secret laboratory.” — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
