If you take 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' as books, one is written for children, and one is an… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
It wasn't my choice to be an open book, but when people found out what my life was like when I was… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
Never tell a woman that they need you. Never ever. Don't do that because then we're gonna show you the reason -… — GloRilla Copy Share Image
“The book borrower… proves himself to be an in venerate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting -… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's just something "off" about equating the act of spending three years writing a book with the act of someone exploiting themselves… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Novelists may be able to seek advice from readers and editors, but in the end, it is up to them to get… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
So many things were testing his faith. There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me. When I see it lumbering down… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
“Books are important, and so serious intellectual attention to them is important. While promplty published scholarly articles are also important, the book… — Jeffrey C. Issac Editor-in-Chief Perspectives on Politics 12 2013 Copy Share Image
“A good book, he had concluded, leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Doubtless many can recall certain books which have greatly influenced their lives, and in my own case one stands out especially-a translation… — Douglas Houghton Campbell Copy Share Image
The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I find I'm waking up really early now, just to read. Waking up at ungodly hours. But I try to keep up,… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Terrifying. . . . A Dark Matter is populated with vivid, sympathetic characters, and driven by terrors both human and supernatural. It's… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I had a column for the 'Seattle Weekly' for five years, and there was one column that was called 'How To Be… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad.… — Daniel Sturridge Copy Share Image
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Most books, after all, are ephemeral; their specifics, several years later, inspire about as much interest as daily battle reports from the… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Books are keys to wisdom's treasure; Books are gates to lands of pleasure; Books are paths that upward lead; Books are friends.… — Emilie Poulsson Copy Share Image
I've got beautiful reviews for all my books, and I'm very well thought of in the tiny circles that know me, but… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Often the true hero and heroines of my books are the houses, the places, the communities where people find a home. — Jackie French Copy Share Image
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In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes.… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
While books provided me with some escape from the mental and physical horrors of my early life, they were unreliable. Many times… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close… — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
It would be nice if you as journalists - there are some books that explain the painting [ of Guadalupe] what it… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I think the female first-person is still dismissed, demonized, especially if the book does not end on an empowering note, especially if… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
I'm reading a manuscript by Rodney Jones, "Village Prodigies",it's one of the best contemporary poetry books I've ever read ever. — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
This is a great tool for students as the book gets right to the heart of learning how to learn and engaging… — Dominic O'Brien Copy Share Image
“God comes down in the evenings to chat with man, enjoy man's company and find out how man faired in the course… — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
“Maybe I’m an open book, or maybe love is like a magnifying glass straight into the souls of those who own your… — Mia Sheridan Copy Share Image
The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
“Reading those books is all he does these days. I think he’s even read some of them twice . What kind of… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image