“This is my final book. Any subsequent productions bearing my name will have been composed by a ghost.” — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that… — Hugh Walpole Copy Share Image
To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Ezra clapped his hands. "all right," he said. "In addition to the books we're reading as a class, I want to do… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that… — June Squibb Copy Share Image
In the last volume of In Search of Lost Time, Proust compares himself to Scheherazade: he says he has finally understood the… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I try to teach my students that books are a mirror, reflecting their own lives, and a window, giving them a peek… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
'Snow' is my most popular book in the United States. But in Turkey, it was not as popular as 'My Name is… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
when I was younger I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books. — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“He wondered if burned books made a special kind of smoke that clung to the world forever, in the same way that… — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially. — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I have one room off my kitchen filled with nothing but cookbooks and recipes that are sent to me from around the… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
Luckily for you, you can close the book The Postman Always Rings Twice and break out of it, and James M. Cain… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I knew were… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
“...she had saved herself for this, stored her love within her so that this book, which could not possibly have been written… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
In seventh grade I had a magical teacher, her name was Mrs. Fried. She wore only pink, she drove a pink Mustang,… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the… — Marco Polo Copy Share Image
Although the stories are very present in my book, and very present in my mind, what I was most interested in was… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
