“One of the ways to get the information or knowledge to is by reading!” — Michael Mnyameni Copy Share Image
The Big L was cold crazy, A top-notch crook snatchin pocket books from old ladies — Big L Copy Share Image
People who go on to be writers are those who can forgive themselves the horror of the first draft. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The world of literature is a world where there is no reality except that of the human imagination. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
A book is simply the container of an idea-like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters. — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it. — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
If I don't write every day for one week or even, frankly, one year, I don't really think too much about that. — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax,… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
It's as if I'm setting aside the husband and son, you know, the patriarchal world, for the world of the muse. This… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
“Books are a form of magic—” the doctor lifted the volume he had just laid on the stack, “—because they span time… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
Asking anyone what she or he is reading is a necessary part of conversation, exchanging news. So I take recommendations from friends… — Marianne Wiggins Copy Share Image
I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
I wasn't entitled to dream so big. The idea of me being a writer wasn't even possible in my mind. Even when… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“Life is depressing and hopeless enough, without imbibing further depression and hopelessness through story. I don’t care how realistic people like to… — Brad Torgersen Copy Share Image
I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
There are as many routes to writing success as there are writers who got there. My advice, however, applies across the board:… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
If you buy my book at Walmart, I don't want you to read it. I want you to set it on fire.… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
“In Tereza's eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I can think of few more worthy achievements than keeping a library alive and well for a century. As far as I… — Gillian Roberts Copy Share Image
Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I'm blissfully not writing anything. Just doing a lot of reading and hopefully some thinking as well. — Monica Youn Copy Share Image
“Write what pleases you. If you please others in the process it's a bonus.” — Roy a Higgins Copy Share Image
Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it. — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
It's extraordinary how many people read a book that's new and weird and befriend it. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“Writing for publication is an odd hybrid of intimate self-exploration and public exhibitionsim.” — Talia Vance Copy Share Image
You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants. — Roy Blount, Jr Copy Share Image
Whereas to write, all you need is paper and an idea, so I felt that writing might be my stepping stone. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
With spots of sunny openings, and with nooks To lie and read in, sloping into brooks. — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
