Heroes in books should be so much better than heroes got up for the world's common wear and tear — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
I've written a book; I've become a better husband and father because I'm home every day. My connection to the Hollywood world… — Isaiah Washington Copy Share Image
Reading books about enlightenment does not make you enlightened at all. You have to meditate yourself. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I tend not to think about audience when I'm writing. Many people who read 'The Giver' now have their own kids who… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier,… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
There are 20,000 million books I could have to read, but I can pick the ones and know that I'm learning something… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I think most Native American literature is unreadable by the vast majority of Native Americans. Generally speaking Indians don't read books. It's… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr Copy Share Image
I do a lot of research and yes, do know quite a few police officers, friends of mine and my husbands. However,… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
It's easy to be pessimistic. Nobody needs to be taught how. You don't need to buy a book on it. You don't… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If a parent doesn't want his/her child to read a book then there is always an alternative text to read. But the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
The Bible is one book, written by one Author, with one subject: Jesus Christ and the salvation God...provides through Him. — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9, — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
I am not the most annoying person to bring to a movie 'cause I basically hold it in and write about it… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You have to seduce the reader, manipulate their mind and heart, listen to the music of language. I sometimes think of prose… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
oh, my God," I whispered. "But how did they get my photo? Alex tapped his mouth with his thumb. "That ...book with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I meditated on my own for some time, read spiritual books, became a vegetarian and had incredible experiences every day, every meditation,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I've known white Australian girls from wealthy families who were sent to posh private schools, who knew all of that stuff, and… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image