“Keep that red-haired girl of yours in the open air all summer and don't let her read books until she gets more… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
Book! You lie there; the fact is, you books must know your places. You'll do to give us the bare words and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle. From the minute… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom he likes, and we then take that… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
When I got large enough to go to work, while employed I was reflecting on many things that would present themselves to… — Nat Turner Copy Share Image
You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world! — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
It occurs to me that, after the huge output of writing I've produced over the years, there is a close link between… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
And sometimes then he sat with us for an hour or so, sharing our limbo, listening while I read. Books from any… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
This Book had to be written by one of three people: good men, bad men or God. It couldn't have been written… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“I stand here (I write standing up) and I say, “No!” No, this book will NOT be lost! This book is necessary.… — Ron Burgundy Copy Share Image
That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
For years I did most of my reading on the F train between Brooklyn and Manhattan. I had long commutes, and I… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep… — George Fillmore Swain Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton and her husband, the former president, are of course by all measures quite wealthy as well, having earned tens of… — Tamara Keith Copy Share Image
She told me later that she had made a kind of note of me in her mind, as, scanning the shelf for… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“I am always concerned when people, finding out that I am a writer, apologise and say, “I’m not much of a reader… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
“... one cannot read a book: one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“I write science fiction because that is what publishers call my books. Left to myself, I should call them novels.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Anthony Ryan is a new fantasy author destined to make his mark on the genre. His debut novel, Blood Song, certainly has… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“as a child there was either books or pain. i chose books. -how i became a writer” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
As a blogger, Chez Pazienza is filled with outrage, passion and insight -- delivered with a distinctive point of view, a wicked… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Listen to those characters in your head...sit down and just write a good book.” — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
It’s being ready to accept rejection. You can work on a book for two years and get it published, and it’s like… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Books, for example, the accrued capital of the human experience, all the wealth of the human mind, books help you think bigger… — David McCullough Jr Copy Share Image
“I remember the book I was reading. Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector. I remember because there were so many things… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
We learned in the university to consider Wordsworth and Keats as Romantics. They were only a generation apart, but Wordsworth didn't even… — Thom Gunn Copy Share Image
Whether it's books or TV, or whatever the case may be, the backbone of what I do is my restaurants. — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
I'd been doing the Chicago theatre thing for years. The money was kinda good - thanks to a push by my old… — Buddy Lester Copy Share Image
I wondered if there was a way to teach people how to use their imaginations in prayer and worship. So I began… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language.... This plan would… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“I’m so sorry. I don’t think the etiquette manuals cover this sort of situation.” He leaned in close, his lips all but… — Y.S. Lee Copy Share Image
If I wasn't an actress I'd want to be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
The visual world has blown up, the world of writing has blown up; there's so much text online. Anyone and everyone can… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
