“Three possessions you should prize: A field, a friend, and a book.” — Hai guan zong shui wu si shu China Hai guan zong shui wu si shu Copy Share Image
A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Engaging and well paced, the book fills in the reality behind Vonnegut's work — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong. — Christine Keeler Copy Share Image
I write titles that are confrontational. I write titles that make people want to pick up a book and find out more… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
If you are a responsible scientist, you are going to present your new results in a paper, and maybe if, over time,… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
In the past, I travelled with 'The Hero and the Crown' by Robin McKinley: I suffer from a fear of flying, and… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Fueled by the need to interpret the past, to explore the present, and to imagine the future, each generation shapes the world… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
“Memoirs? No, we want a how-to book. For spies.” “A how-to book?! A book can’t teach someone how to be equal parts… — It Books Copy Share Image
But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
I'm a novelist and science writer. I wrote a book about human impacts on marine mammals caused by agricultural drainage of nutrients… — Joe Quirk Copy Share Image
I think writing kind of burns out the flaming question. Sometimes it might feel like when you're living with certain paradoxes and… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It's no wonder we don't defend the land where we live. We don't live here. We live in television programs and movies… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
I realize that this is not what you want to put on a cover with Wonder Woman emblazoned on it. She could… — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
I used to be pro-choice."..."I was once pro-choice and the thing that changed my mind was, I read my husband's biology books,… — Kathy Ireland Copy Share Image
I first heard the term "meta-novel" at a writer's conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The idea is that even though each book in… — Carolyn Wheat Copy Share Image
Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
