“Man, you should write a book.’ ‘I know. You couldn’t make this stuff up, could you?” — Stephanie Wood Copy Share Image
The Sugar Frosted Nutsack is dizzyingly brilliant. Mark Leyner is a hyperkinetic shaman, who flies the banner of rum and candy and… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
“Listen," he said one afternoon in the library. "You have to read a book three times before you know it. The first… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
A book had always been a door to another world... a world much more interesting and fantastical than reality. But she had… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Kid, not everything in life can be summed up neatly in a paragraph. No book has all of the answers. Not even… — Heather Brewer Copy Share Image
I had studied William Shakespeare in Oxford, England and I had this sort of high faluttin' education but I had also worked… — Greg Weisman Copy Share Image
In the words of Agatha Swanburne, founder of Swanburne Academy, 'Every book is judged by its cover until it is read.' — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
There's no encyclopedia or book about parenthood. You learn on the fly. — LeBron James Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has defied practically every playbook or blue book technique in dispatching an opponent. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I… — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
nobody ever wrote to me saying"you know ender's game was a pretty good book, but you know what it really needs a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I loved reading that listening… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River, when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write a book. Not a romance novel. Maybe a crime thriller. Something with action. Maybe that will happen… — Becky Sauerbrunn Copy Share Image
I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception. — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
When I get nervous, I go to the library and hang around. The libraries are filled with people who are nervous. You… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
My first book was published when I was thirty-two, so I think it was basically finished when I was thirty or thirty-one.… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I think the book you always like best is the one you're about to write. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I do write, but for now I am keeping it all in the desk drawer. I have always written. The only book… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
When I was there at Marvel, everybody thought if you could draw well and you could do sensational panels, that you were… — John Romita, Sr Copy Share Image
In one of my favorite anecdotes about Foucault, someone asks him why he writes books. He responds by saying something like "When… — Thomas L. Dumm Copy Share Image
I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn. — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
Loads of children read books about dinosaurs, underwater monsters, dragons, witches, aliens, and robots. Essentially, the people who read SF, fantasy and… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
“This is a place of mystery, Daniel, a sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
There's just something "off" about equating the act of spending three years writing a book with the act of someone exploiting themselves… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
It may come as a surprise to people, but I'm actually quite boring and normal. What do I do? I read books.… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a logic [to my reading], but I can't define it. I like reading impulsively. I collect books, I have a… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I do think there's a relationship between a book and a reader that's more intimate, in many ways, than the relationship between… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book.… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
At the time that 'Detransition, Baby' came out, I was really resistant to having anybody say that I was representing trans women.… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image