I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I've just gotten in the habit of… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
My laptop broke and because of the storm I could not get a new one. And so I've been promoting my book… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“History was what had happened; class was something you read about in a book.” — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the… — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
In high school, I had to hide my comic book side, my nerd side from the civilian world so they wouldn't categorize… — Mark Hamill Copy Share Image
I hope that no one present will suspect me of offering my personal criticism of the Western system to present socialism as… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
I am pretty antisocial and have difficulty communicating with other human beings. I know that if I were in Philly I'd still… — Ben Daniels Copy Share Image
Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“She wanted to own a book so badly and she had thought the copying would do it. But the pencilled sheets did… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
People like that I wrote a book - that's cute, but oh, making a business out of it? That's not nice. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
Every type of destruction that human philosophy, human science, human reason, human art, human cunning, human force, and human brutality could bring… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
Look, if you have a problem with distilling the Battle of Thermopylae down to freedom versus tyranny, you need to read Herodotus… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it's hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
Charles Darwin wrote a famous book in 18 gibberish. And that book was an interesting book, cuz it was called "Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-You" — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome.… — John Scott Copy Share Image
During the Middle Ages they understood that words accompanied by imagery are much more memorable. By making the margins of a book… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
There was a different ending to 'New Moon' originally. It was a much quieter book. It was very much all in Bella's… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
... old clothes, old friends, old books. One needs constants in a traveling life. — Dorothy Gilman Copy Share Image
I would say the flip side to my fascination with systems is a fascination with components. So many of my books are… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
