“Every act of becoming conscious (it says here in this book) is an unnatural act” — Adrienne Rich 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
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
Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning. — Anonymous 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
It's just a freak of fate that I'm paid to write, not paying to print my own books - but I'd be… — Iain Sinclair Copy Share Image
Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
I published my first book, 'Drinking & Tweeting,' when I first started 'Housewives' and was being portrayed as a fun girl who… — Brandi Glanville Copy Share Image
In my book Radical Reform I made it clear that we cannot talk about the environment or ecology if we don't also… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
In every John Waters book, you're like: 'Wait, how can this guy be so funny in a... book?' It's like you can… — Sarah Sherman Copy Share Image
“There are only two kinds of books worth keeping: Valuable books and valuable books. The first value is monetary, and the second… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's… — Lurlene McDaniel Copy Share Image
A young person wanting to become an artist might simply go purposefully and dedicatedly to his or her room with a few… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
It's interesting because when David Fincher was making "Fight Club," he said, "It's a romance." And it really is. Almost everything I… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
Listening to people discussing a novel can be very interesting, if you've read whatever novel is being discussed. No one, it seems,… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
Libraries are my passion in life. Before I became mayor (of Los Angeles), I used to sneak out here during lunchtime...and I'd… — Richard Riordan Copy Share Image
Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom… — Amy Plum Copy Share Image
Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. He thinks… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book. — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
“This book does not exist. And even if it did, it wouldn’t be worth buying or reading.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I have never written a book that was not born out of a question I needed to answer for myself. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“I just wrote a book. But don't go and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished.” — Lawrence Welk Copy Share Image
The paper landed on the table, but the news was stapled to his chest. A tattoo. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
A book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
Reading is looked at like it's corny or lame, but you'd be surprised what you can find in a book. — Jaylen Brown Copy Share Image
There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I'm an appreciator. I love all kinds of books, and I want others to love them, too. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“Renee: "You know what I did when I finished Moby Dick?" David: "You harpooned the guy that sold you the book?” — John C. Stipa Copy Share Image
Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book. — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
