Every time I finish a book, I say to an imaginary god that I do not believe in, 'Please let me live… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
'Tulip Fever' did change my life. It did that thing that sometimes happens when a book takes off - it opened doors… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
Rough board shelves hold a number of books, without which some of the evenings would be long indeed. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
For each book, there's a back story of where the idea came from. Sometimes it's derived from a current event or topic… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
In fact, it is precisely because we have changed books that the chaos in our country has gotten worse than ever before. — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
Literally, the piece at the end is where the universe is cracked apart, it's a big moment. Basically, they, the filmmakers, have… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
The teacher who allows his scholars the freedom of the city of books is at liberty to be their guide, philosopher and… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
The novelist now usurps the chair of the educator, the pulpit of the preacher, the columns of the journalist. Yet his original… — Philip Wylie Copy Share Image
The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
I have still the best comforts of life - books and friendships - and I trust never to lose my relish for… — Mary Russell Mitford Copy Share Image
A raznochinets needs no memory—it is enough for him to tell of the books he has read, and his biography is done. — Osip Mandelstam Copy Share Image
I was carried away, swept along by the mighty stream of words pouring from the hundreds of pages. To me it was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If only it were God's will that printed and written materials have as much influence on the people as the princes and… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
When I was 16, the first book I ever actually purchased with my own money, in fact, and had read on my… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I was in school for literature, and read so many 19th century and early 20th century novels that it was hard to… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it… — Bruce Tognazzini Copy Share Image
I read the three 'Hunger Games' books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote 'Just a Game.' — Birdy Copy Share Image
I would like to write my next book about what happened to critical intelligence in America and how it's been undermined by… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
“You should read the novel in order to live, to feel, to tell someone the hidden secret of it. Read as if… — Emma Brynstein Copy Share Image
I look upon book reviews as an infantile disease which new-born books are subject to. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
