A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
No man reads a book of science from pure inclination. The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I already optioned a book called The Personal History of Rachel DuPree. I also like The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
If your book is set in the plantation days of the slave-owning South and you write a little romance between two slave… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If 'Emotions in Motion' comes out right, I can write the book on the formula rock star. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
You know what? I feel my book is kind of pointless. I didn't want to do a book, but rather than tell… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
The bible is not a religious experience for me. This book bundles together the entire culture of Judaism: our language, our history,… — Tommy Lapid Copy Share Image
I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The thought of these vast stacks of books would drive him mad: the more he read, the less he seemed to know… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
Sometimes you change to survive, and some things you don't give up, or you're too prideful, and then you think well, what's… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I was a police reporter, so I got into the worlds that I write about, and I think many of the details… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“Dave put a lot of thought into picking out the books his dad would like least.” — Theric Jepson Copy Share Image
The Big L was cold crazy, A top-notch crook snatchin pocket books from old ladies — Big L Copy Share Image
“So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation which, in the midst of civilization, artificially… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Her book about the money in sex gives you the feeling of the sex in money. — Leon Wieseltier Copy Share Image
The title says it all: 'Little House on a Small Planet.' With population, pollution and environmental pressures weighing heavily upon us, our… — Wanda Urbanska Copy Share Image
The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection... — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I knew right from the beginning that if I was going to write a book, I would write my version of the… — Manisha Koirala Copy Share Image
The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. . .… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
I've had people turn up to book signings with knives, with guns. — Patricia Cornwell Copy Share Image
Experts generally agree that taking all opportunities to read books and other material aloud to children is the best preparation for their… — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel after a good dinner. That's… — Tara Bray Smith Copy Share Image
Books build a stairway to your imagination, that one day may become a Reality, with knowledge obtained through books. — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
One of my rules about writing exercises is you never are allowed to put them in your book because it's just too… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Art is a gift: you create and then you give away. How readers receive that gift is their business. If they hate… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Finally, bookshelves can be a terrifying place for debut writers, especially those who are marginalized. Writers who are queer, trans, BIPOC, disabled,… — Frances White Copy Share Image
“Books. People have no idea how beautiful books are. How they taste on your fingers. How bright everything is when you light… — Rachel Kadish Copy Share Image
The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
