England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange. — Mark E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm sure my first nine years have had a powerful influence on the kind of books I write. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Books are personal, passionate. They stir emotions and spark thought in a manner all their own, and I'm convinced that the shattered… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
My recipes aren't geared towards women; my books are marketed towards women because women are the biggest market for weight loss, weight… — Bethenny Frankel Copy Share Image
A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me,… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“You're a talented artist," he began, and I burst into more tears. He jumped up, agitated, and tried to give the book… — Vicki Keire Copy Share Image
I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
In every man's memory, with the hours when life culminated are usually associated certain books which met his views. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Somewhere embedded in every ordinary book are the five or six words for which really all the rest will be written.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I had/have a habit of sending books out before they're ready. And then I edit with almost absurd intensity. But I've done… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I read all the books on Fairfax in the British Library, did a lot of horse riding and studied military tactics of… — Dougray Scott Copy Share Image
“Know something about the world, and by this I mean the world outside of books. This might require joining the Marines, or… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
When a translation is very good, it is fascinating to see how the book changes and yet stays the same. I think… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
People say to me so often, 'Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The materials in I Enoch range in date from 200 B.C.E. to 50 C.E. I Enoch contributes much to intertestamental views of… — Craig A. Evans Copy Share Image
If my novel gets any attention in Bulgaria, it will be as a scandal: a book about a teacher at a famous… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
All I've wanted to do is write. In school I just wanted to be a writer but I was afraid to be… — Eoin Macken Copy Share Image
“This book is written in a barren period of loss with an attempt to move forward towards substance.” — Phindiwe Nkosi Copy Share Image
“My library isn't very extensive but every book in it is a friend.” — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
There is one "right answer" to any question, and it is in the book to be read. — Joseph Barrell Copy Share Image
“The most important thing to do when writing a book is to finish it.” — Suzanna Reeves Copy Share Image
“Your time is your time. Be awake to it. It's hard work to be wisely alive.” — Carew Papritz Copy Share Image
“Every act of becoming conscious (it says here in this book) is an unnatural act” — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals. — Julius Streicher Copy Share Image
Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
As useful as websites and journals are, there's real value in books, too. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Education is something that you know and get which is not in the book. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Picture books are more difficult for me because it is telling a huge story in the least amount of words. — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
Every rule in the book can be broken, except one - be who you are, and become all you were meant to… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
