Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy. — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Not all books are for all people. We read for different reasons. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
All books grow homilies by time; they are Temples, at once, and Landmarks. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time. — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
If a parent doesn't want his/her child to read a book then there is always an alternative text to read. But the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Call me a troglodyte; I'd rather peruse those photos alongside my sweetheart, catch the newspaper on the way to work, and page… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
I went through a whole phase when I was younger of being obsessed with Tolstoy and Kafka and Camus, all those really,… — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
“There are things written concerning you in the book of life; that you need to keep opening, till you discover them and… — ANIKOR Daniel Copy Share Image
Like Adam, our first conspicuous ancestor, I must begin, and lay the blame upon a woman; I am glad to recognize that… — Owen Wister Copy Share Image
Would a writer know how to behave himself with relation td posterity? Let him consider in old books what he finds that… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Do you eat decayed food? No. Well, don't feed your mind with decayed books. Be as careful with the nutrition of your… — Robert Muller Copy Share Image
With books at least, the best experiences are not when you find what you were looking for, but when something quite different… — Tim Parks Copy Share Image
“I am Cinna's bird, ignited, flying frantically to escape something inescapable. The feathers of flame that grow from my body. Beating my… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Paymasters come in only two sizes: one sort shows you where the book says that you can't have what you've got coming… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The moment I said I'd finished a book, I knew what would happen. There would be a bidding war, and I would… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
*I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago... *So soon you will be in that part… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I think the key anecdote in the book is when Colin [Powell] and I were discussing Iraq. Colin was upstairs in the… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Glimpses is dead-on about the high and tight nineties even as it reaches out for the sweet hereafter of the sixties. It… — Frederick Barthelme Copy Share Image
Books have always been living things to me. Some of my encounters with new authors have changed my life a little. When… — Liv Ullmann Copy Share Image
Personal credibility has everything to do with how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves. Sandy Allgeier’s book teaches the all-important… — Michele Borba Copy Share Image
Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now. — Jerry Coleman Copy Share Image
All of my books began as sermons, so really the heart of the message is still the same. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
But it doesn't stop at school. We can all enjoy books throughout our lives - as I certainly continue to do. — Charles Clarke Copy Share Image
Think books aren't scary? Well, think about this: You can't spell "Book" without "Boo! — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
When I first concluded to print the book, I made an honest effort to construct it in the third person. — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information. — Serge Schmemann Copy Share Image
“Did you ever wish you had a book that would explain the full meaning of life's random happenings to you?” — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
“Books allow one to jump into another person's imagination while also exploring their own!” — Jen Selinsky Copy Share Image
There must be a secret hidden in this book or else you wouldn't bother to read it — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far away places without ever leaving your chair.” — Katrina Mayer Copy Share Image