I personally can't think of anything less sacrosanct than a bad book or even a mediocre book. — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Even though I have this solid career in picture books, I've not only been thinking about kids - because I don't think… — David Small Copy Share Image
Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Writing an op-ed feels like I'm taking the SAT. It's so hard. It feels like homework. And if it feels like homework,… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
“Some people work for the money they can earn doing what they do. Others work because of a love of what they… — Daniel Kemp Copy Share Image
None of my books are best-sellers. In fact, the only thing that's kept me alive is the books that are in paperback.… — James Purdy Copy Share Image
I'm a teacher and a writer; my life is words. When I see the denigration of language, it hurts me, and it's… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you. — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children. If a book that is going to be marketed… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“A book is finished when it does not want me to work on it any longer...it reaches a point when it feels… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
Only when all children are in a book-loving environment will they achieve literacy, yes, but a lot more: a confidence in handling… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
“The bookstore is a building, but it's not only the building. It is the books inside. People are not only their bodies.… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
When interviewing for a job, tell the editor how you love to report. How your passion is gathering information. Do not mention… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
“Good books to not invite unanimity. They invite discord, mayhem, knife fights, blood feuds.” — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
“Writing feels safer somehow. I can catch myself before I say the wrong thing.” — Hillary Frank Copy Share Image
“Writing is a passion, to write you simply have to just let it flow and get on with it!” — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
It's just funny that anybody would care at all to take apart the words that I write. It's kind of cool! — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
“There are essentially two things that will make us wiser: the books we read and the people we meet.” — Charles Jones Copy Share Image
“That is a good book it seems to me, which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“was boring to think of books as something you should read just because others had, and” — Katarina Bivald Copy Share Image
There's not a single NFL writer in the country who could diagram a play for Bill Belichick. — Colin Cowherd Copy Share Image
I've always found the Write-What-You-Know axiom small and stifling. — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
I love stories. When I tell a story, I try to think of people sitting around a crackling campfire. — Phil Keoghan Copy Share Image
There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures. — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it! — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“optimistic people didn’t write Pulitzer Prize-winning material—grumpy, pessimistic cynics did.” — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
