I believe that the habit of constant reading of good books…

Constant reading will pull you into a place - a mind-set, if you like the phrase - where you can write eagerly and without…

— Stephen King

Being ambitious, driven, and passionate can sometimes come at a cost and warp our sense of perspective: when we constantly work and strive to…

— Vick Hope

“With that, everything was suddenly thrown into greater relief, a kind of super three-dimensionality that enhanced the presence and realness of everything in my…

— James Redfield

“Those who first acquired language and tried to think the human situation were utterly overwhelmed. They could cope only by imagining that there were…

— Don Cupitt

“Knowing higher truths ensure that we have a larger perspective where all other things fall in place or start making sense.”

— Thomas Vazhakunnathu

I didn't want to just write stories that were entertaining. Nor did I want to be so scholarly that people couldn't digest it.

— Max Lucado

As a shy, introverted, scholarly child (long ago) I don't know what I would have done without libraries! My family moved often. I was…

— Lois Lowry

Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as it matured,…

— Donald Worster

As for journalism education, there are some terrifically exciting things going on in some schools. Others are struggling to adapt. Curriculum changes can be…

— Tom Rosenstiel

“The tunnel under the wall of intellectual snobbery is the only way back to common sense reality, but most won't find it because it…

— D.E. Navarro

It is customary for the recipient of this award to offer personal or scholarly comment on the nature and the direction of literature. At…

— John Steinbeck

Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with…

— Stephanie Coontz

Gary Burnetts office is shelved with theological books, guitars fill the floor, and the drawers are crammed with CDs. In The Gospel According to…

— Steve Stockman

Only the free and personal man is a good citizen (realist), and even with the lack of particular (scholarly, artistic, etc)culture, a tasteful judge…

— Max Stirner

Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand with scholarly…

— Anonymous