With each book, I'm trying to do something that terrifies…

“some quality time with a good book. Trying to”

— Susan Mallery

That was my fear, which is why when I was took over a book, I was always trying to tweak it a little bit…

— Todd McFarlane

I don't necessarily read everything. I read what I need to read to inspire the book I'm trying to finish.

— Erica Jong

I remember as a young child, during one of my frequent trips to the local library, spending hours looking at book after book trying…

— Daniel Tammet

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.

— Claire Bloom

“Meantime do you see me as still working on the book, still trying to answer such questions as: Is there any ultimate reality, external,…

— Malcolm Lowry

“It's not enough to know what all the words mean," he continued. "A good reader starts to see what an entire book is trying…

— Paul Acampora

“As regards any specific book, I'm trying primarily to tell a story, in the most effective way I can think of, the most moving,…

— William Faulkner

Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.

— Donald Miller

I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me.

— Yves Saint Laurent

In the twentieth century, death terrifies men less than the absence of real life.

— Raoul Vaneigem

“Why am I frightened? I've crossed no boundaries, I've given no trust, taken no risk, all is safe. It's the choice that terrifies me.…

— Margaret Atwood

Fame terrifies me. I can say that with honesty. You're terrified that, when people know the real you, they won't like you.

— Charlie Cox

I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me.

— Stephen Rea

The fact that someone like me can exist terrifies some people. Because: 'What if you had control of your body and you got to…

— Torrey Peters