In the last volume of In Search of Lost Time, Proust compares himself to Scheherazade: he says he has finally understood the… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I try to teach my students that books are a mirror, reflecting their own lives, and a window, giving them a peek… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
'Snow' is my most popular book in the United States. But in Turkey, it was not as popular as 'My Name is… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
when I was younger I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books. — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“He wondered if burned books made a special kind of smoke that clung to the world forever, in the same way that… — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially. — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I have one room off my kitchen filled with nothing but cookbooks and recipes that are sent to me from around the… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
Luckily for you, you can close the book The Postman Always Rings Twice and break out of it, and James M. Cain… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I knew were… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
“...she had saved herself for this, stored her love within her so that this book, which could not possibly have been written… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
In seventh grade I had a magical teacher, her name was Mrs. Fried. She wore only pink, she drove a pink Mustang,… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the… — Marco Polo Copy Share Image
Although the stories are very present in my book, and very present in my mind, what I was most interested in was… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
If a book were written all in numbers, it would be true. It would be just. Nothing said in words ever came… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
We have endless books about whether Jesus existed, or whether the Jesus we have learned about is really accurate and historical or… — Joseph Girzone Copy Share Image
People think librarians are unromantic, unimaginative. This is not true. We are people whose dreams run in particular ways. Ask a mountain… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
Every significant book at Marvel had its key antagonist. 'The Fantastic Four' had Doctor Doom; 'Spider-Man' had Doc Ock, among others; Thor… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The interview process tests not what the applicant knows, but how well they can process tricky questions: If you wanted to figure… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment." Whatever. I looked up the definition for 'nerd' in… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Well it's been about 100 years and every attempt at a comics writers' union has failed miserably. There is, sadly, a long… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things as well. — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
Being an umpire wasn't such a tough job. You really have to understand only two things and that's maintaing discipline and knowing… — Cal Hubbard Copy Share Image
I'm not a comic book character. I'm not Indiana Jones or Bond, I'm a flesh and blood guy who is ageing and… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Thirty or forty years ago, in one those grey towns along the Burlington railroad which are so much greyer to-day than they… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
The Nobel prize is a fairytale for a week and a nightmare for a year. You can't imagine the pressure to give… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are… — Josh Lucas Copy Share Image
In the university library, we know when a book has been used in a class or put on reserve... or while it… — David Weinberger Copy Share Image
One night I couldn't sleep. It was like 2:00 in the morning. I was thinking, 'What can I do?' I'm watching TV.… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
When I think about the books I've written, it probably takes 150,000-200,000 words to get a 50,000 page book. Highlighting something and… — Brad Feld Copy Share Image
I try to know as much as I can about a book before the beginning, but I never know exactly where it's… — Scott Spencer Copy Share Image
