I think the two jobs I dreamed of doing as a teenager were comic book artist and record cover illustrator. Maybe film… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
What are people going to do? Fire me? I've been fired before. Not book me? I've been out of work before. I… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
“My books are inspired by children - sometimes my own. My writing is powered by chocolate - not always my own!” — Cas Lester Copy Share Image
Jimi Hendrix, he was a rock star. But he played guitar; I don't. I've just found ways to use words to make… — Future Copy Share Image
I probably am a cranky writer, but I am actually a fairly nice, normal person. Since I'm a grouchy writer, of course… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
In the swirling rain that came at dusk the broad avenue glistened with that deep bluish tint which is so widely condemned… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
It's insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should. — Matthew Tobin Anderson Copy Share Image
I heard somebody open and shut the gate to the barn lot, but I didn't look around. If I didn't look around… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
“Doost", Ahmed voiced. "Doost",he repeated softly,shutting his eyes. The word felt like a caress. "what does it mean?" 'It means "The Friend","The… — Muriel Maufroy Copy Share Image
You have tremendous freedom in the young adult book world to write what you want. You can put R-rated content in a… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
The stories that unfold in the space of a writer's study, the objects chosen to watch over a desk, the books selected… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
The Bible becomes a dead idol when we call the words between its covers inerrant, infallible, to be taken literally. This is… — Mel White Copy Share Image
Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
My ultimate goal is to drive people back to the books, when I think of an adaptation. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Imagine! It is the real power of a book--not what is on the page, but what happens when a reader takes the… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas. — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
Freedom and confidence are two different things, in my book. Confidence is overrated - it can be faked, whereas freedom is fearlessness. — Emily Weiss Copy Share Image
“But it's one thing to feel that a book can speak beyond its particular time and place to something universal, and another… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
I have a passion for words. I love words. And I'm just learning and developing my skills for words. I do books… — Geoff Thompson Copy Share Image
