I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history. — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I always dread the process of writing because I'm not a writer. I'm an audible guy, I'm a verbal guy. I love… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
The sources of our knowledge of the kabalistic doctrines are the books of Yetzirah and Zohar, the former drawn up in the… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
I am an inveterate homemaker, it is at once my pleasure, my recreation, and my handicap. Were I a man, my books… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
In an extensive reading of recent books by psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and inspirationalists, I have discovered that they all suffer from one… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Until I became a nurse, no one had ever asked me to sign a book contract. I had been writing for decades,… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
“I was downstairs, reading." " Now?" I strained to see her face. She was smiling, it appeared. "Yes, now," she said. "It's… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: No, no, no. You have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
I didnt write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
“I don't browse in bookshops, I browse in libraries, where you can take a book home and read it, and if you… — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
It's hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don't tell you they hate that… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
I like to think that when I fall, A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea, This shelf of books along the wall, Beside… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this: A… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“This book is about a salvation that takes place within our unknowing and dissatisfaction,” — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
I have an idea of how the book will finish up, but it very rarely finishes up the way that I think… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I had mostly been writing humor books, and my instinct is generally to go for the joke. — Jory John Copy Share Image
I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating,… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
I get my ideas for books from my own kids and sometimes from other children. Often when I am telling stories I… — Robert Munsch Copy Share Image
Tokyopop's been extraordinary. They approached me to do My Dead Girlfriend - Julie Taylor, one of the senior editors was a huge… — Eric Wight Copy Share Image
