I was reluctant to talk about my kids on the blog. I kept telling myself, "People aren't coming here for stories about… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of… — Paula Fox Copy Share Image
Was it not the great philosopher and mathematician Leibnitz who said that the more knowledge advances the more it becomes possible to… — J. Arthur Thomson Copy Share Image
“The judge said he was going to throw the book at me. I hoped it was an ebook in the cloud, and… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I believe that the habit of constant reading of good books and scholarly periodicals and magazines in many disciplines is vital to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
A book can teach you, a conversation can assure you, a poem can seduce you, a genius can inspire you but only… — Anthony Anaxagorou Copy Share Image
'Harry Potter' is the first book that ever got me into reading. I had to read it in year 7, for school,… — Danielle Macdonald Copy Share Image
“The day had gone by just as days go by. I had killed it in accordance with my primitive and retiring way… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I feel with writing, so much of the time, I don't know how to tap in and be spontaneous and alive on… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Objectifying your own novel while writing it never really helps. Instead, I guess while you're writing you need to think: This is… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Culture has to be constantly on the vanguard, too. It should be educating people, as it does in Latin America: thousands of… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about people who have the best intentions and think - really, truly think - that they're… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but to a vague spot a little to the east… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Reading a book, for me at least, is like traveling in someone else's world. If it's a good book, then you feel… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for… — L.A. Weatherly Copy Share Image
You should never try and teach a pig to read for two reasons. First, it's impossible; and secondly, it annoys the hell… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“I felt I had to write down my observations about you in a book. And also for money, so you could eat… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Fatherhood is the best thing I ever did. It changes your perspective. You can write a book, you can make a movie,… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
I think the biggest influence on the book, as far as the humor goes, comes, at least indirectly, from the men I… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I had this big complex because I didn't go to college. There was a whole era where I got linked to everybody.… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I'm not gonna do the same, tired, standard 'I was born in a log cabin...' kind of book. There's so much more… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it's hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
I hated 'The Lovely Bones'. I thought her vision of Heaven was amazingly uninspired and very depressing. The book was just tedious. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“When thinking is overrated And friends are easy to make, Check if it's too complicated Knowing yourself somehow... Inner peace's not hard… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
Hello. My name is Henry. I am a fan. Somewhere in the late 1980s’, I got tired of people telling me to… — Henry Jenkins Copy Share Image
“You wanna know something," was Dad's refrain while we were growing up, "get a book." Of course,he predates Google, but it stuck… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
I tell you one thing that's great about children. They don't need a show to have fun. What do they need? A… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
Kaethe Schwehn's poignant memoir explores longing, both spiritual and physical, community and faith, in prose that is calm, lovely, and filled with… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
I've always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even that's why I wanted… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers'… — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
“Fake Math owes its existence to a number of things and people who have inspired and assisted this book on its way… — ryan fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“eBooks are just digital copies of analog books. Convenient, yes. But we have the technology now to rethink what a book is.” — David Conger Copy Share Image
I'm not that into reading. If I'm gonna read, I'm gonna read some cool sci-fi book or something, not some stupid self-help… — Jon Heder Copy Share Image
You and I who read and write books have very little effect upon language. We may think about it, write about it,… — Charlton Laird Copy Share Image
It has become harder and harder to find books on a monthly basis that I feel absolutely compelled to share, .. I… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
A book I often refer to by Naomi Klein is called 'No Is Not Enough'. It's not enough to be against something.… — Jo Swinson Copy Share Image
What I really mean is that a great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You… — William Styron Copy Share Image
What I thought we ought to try to do in a book like this is to focus closely on Lincoln, himself, to… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
