Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
To arrange a library is to practice in a quiet and modest way the art of criticism. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another. — James Salter Copy Share Image
The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Definition of a Writer: One who tells stories that demand to be told.” — Ana Patrick Copy Share Image
If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“In the end, all that a writer has to pass on is not myth and anecdote, but scene and character, evoked in… — Will Blythe Copy Share Image
I think it's always wrong of writers to make too much of the pains of their labors, because most people have much… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the "great American novel" for they aren't written they… — Shiree Mccarver Copy Share Image
“O quam dulcis vita fuit dum sedabamus in quieti . . . inter liborum copias. : 'Oh how sweet life was when… — Alcuin of York Copy Share Image
Michael Winter’s fiction is a lot like hearing him talk about his life… harrowing in an after-the-fact hilarious way. Full of wonder… — Michael Crummey Copy Share Image
My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Calvin: I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
To this day I have no idea what dissident professor or librarian placed feminist texts on the bookshelves at the university library… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
“So I am led to one or two choices! Can I write? Will I write if I practice enough? How much should… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“It's time for bed. And here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to get in bed, and I don't have anyone… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Without writing, the literate mind would not and could not think as it does, not only when engaged in writing but normally… — Walter J. Ong Copy Share Image
I think it's really good not to get published. It sounds crazy but it's true. People want to get published very soon,… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
“We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don't need are mere clerks who guard dead paper. Librarians are too… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Your first book already defines you, while you are really far from being defined. And this definition is something you may then… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library. — Frank Westheimer Copy Share Image
Our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support our libraries. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I have books in every corner of my house. 'Cleaning' my books is a pointless endeavor.” — Love The Stacks Bookstore Copy Share Image
“Writing is like breathing -- it is necessary for my survival.” — Michelle C. Hillstrom Copy Share Image
If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em. — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
I would still give my left ball to write anything as good as OK Computer. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.” — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Nothing is ever off the table at 'The Fosters' as long as it's based in reality. — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
“I don't read because I don't have a life - I read because I choose to live many.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have said before, and shall say again, that I write this book for love of your love. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
