The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools. — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession. — John Bright Copy Share Image
There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book. — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock. — Gail Tsukiyama Copy Share Image
This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two. — George Burns Copy Share Image
The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every life, even the best ones, ends in sadness. Books hold out hope that things may end otherwise. — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, I'm a writer who's writing books, and therefore, I don't want to die. You'd miss the end… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
For those interested in learning more about corporations and private individuals profiting from the caging of human beings, I highly recommend the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Borrow my umbrellas, my clothes, my money, and I will likely not think of them again. But borrow my books and I… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me. How awful, backward, cowardly, and mentally warped… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
“The situations depicted in the Book of Changes are the primary data of life -- what happens to everybody, every day, and… — Hellmut Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image
We used to work with a promoter in Italy who used to book for shows with nine hour drives in between, so… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Remember that a book is many drafts - mine certainly are. It's improvisation. It's as much jazz and the way we talk… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
I found, through the process of doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' that I really love directing movies and I love… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
It is as the father of the Encyclopedia that Denis Diderot merits eternal recognition. Guilty as he was in almost every relation… — Evelyn Beatrice Hall Copy Share Image
Every time I put a collection together I'd scrap it because there was no "meaning," until I wrote about the two black… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the books were arranged under signs, but sometimes they were just anywhere and everywhere. After I understood people better, I realized… — Sam Savage Copy Share Image
In the beginning of the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Edward is more enamored of himself than he is of… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
It was the maxim, I think, of Alphonsus of Aragon, that dead counsellors are safest. The grave puts an end to flattery… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
This book was not written because I wanted to offer a supreme model to the man who struggles; I wanted to show… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I do feel that even though I didn't grow up being a big sci-fi fan or comic books or superhero fan, I… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image