It is customary for the writer to sneer that Hollywood has traduced their book. Well, I adore my film. — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge… — Bruce Pavitt Copy Share Image
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
They know the outward shows of this life present but of the next life are they careless. Have they not consider the… — Elijah Muhammad Copy Share Image
There are so many ways in which we learn about life and the self. Each day opens paths to this exploration. For… — Ashley Bryan Copy Share Image
You'll accidentally find in barrows of books wrought-iron lines of long-buried poems, handle them with the care that respects ancient but terrible… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Harcourt sent my book to Evelyn Waugh and his comment was: “If this is really the unaided work of a young lady,… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
On the dashboard of our family car is a shallow indentation about the size of a paperback book. If you are looking… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I sometimes think about that, when I finish in something big I find it even hard, I feel like I lose an… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
We certainly have a lot of ideas, and we both love what Tony [Fucile] did with the book [Bink & Gollie]. If… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado. — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that my scripts are more significant than maybe the Bible or the book that the Jews use, whatever… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Time has a doomsday book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names. But as often as a new name is… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“This is not a book of writing advice. It’s not here to help make you a better writer. Rather, it’s here to… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image