“An intelligent man will use a book to settle an argument. Preferably a hardback with a thick spine, flat across the bridge… — Shatrujeet Nath Copy Share Image
Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Long Division has a lot of Afrosurrealist impulses. I think the book was more Afrofuturist when it was like 700 pages. — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
When you're alone and you feel sad, try reading a book. Try touching someone's heart. Try to imagine what they were thinking,… — Mizuki Nomura Copy Share Image
Radical Muslims fly planes into buildings. Radical Christians kill abortion doctors. Radical Atheists write books. — Hemant Mehta Copy Share Image
Nous ne pouvons arracher une seule page de notre vie, mais nous pouvons jeter le livre au feu. We cannot tear out… — Sydney Samuelson Copy Share Image
Pakistan tries mentally challenged girl of blasphemy against the Holy Book. India arrests kids for posts on Facebook. Morbid competition? — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
Tod Goldberg has long been one of the most interesting writers around, and Gangsterland is his biggest and best book so far. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
I want kids to think that reading can be just as much fun and more so than TV or video games or… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Some important ideas from the book of early Christians which is called Philokalia: From Spiritual Directions of Diadochus of Photiki The acme… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov Copy Share Image
It's weird being an author because it's different than writing songs. You put so much more of yourself out there to be… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
I know books that are really good and writers that are really good and they have become oppressed and ground down from… — Micah Perks Copy Share Image
I'm halfway through a novel set in two time frames - Austin in the 1960's and Alpine (Texas) in present day. It… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
A good analogy [Charlie Hebdo] in lots of ways is "South Park" - the hugely popular American cartoon show - and the… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
Furthermore, what profit was it to me that I, rascally slave of selfish ambitions that I was, read and understood by myself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was not the beautiful or pleasant feelings that gave me new insight, but the ones against which I fought most strongly:… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
My progressive ideals are screaming in [Straight to the Heart: Political Cantos] book; what I believe. There is no muddying-up because of… — Angela Alioto Copy Share Image
I come up with a blurb at the beginning, but the book will always be completely different by the time it's finished.… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people… — Ed Bradley Copy Share Image
“they do have these things called bookstores there. I've heard tell that if you give them money, they let you leave with… — Lauren Morrill Copy Share Image
To the man who reads 'Scouting for Boys' superficially, there is a disappointing lack of religion in the book. But to him… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
Short chaps evolved naturally, but I didn't title and number them till much later. I like short chaps, like short books too,… — Poe Ballantine Copy Share Image
Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Dissecting a book was the same as making sense of life. You have to find a way to interpret life, or you'll… — Susan Meissner Copy Share Image
Gerald Jonas's book about stuttering is called 'The Disorder of Many Theories.' Back theory seems to suffer from the same 'Rashomon' effect:… — David Shields Copy Share Image
I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me… — Madhur Bhandarkar Copy Share Image
I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they… — Jack L. Chalker Copy Share Image
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading. — William Styron Copy Share Image
You won't see me writing about particle physics, or even planetary geology, or chemistry. I practically failed chemistry, and if I had… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
The Bible was the only book Jesus ever quoted, and then never as a basis for discussion but to decide the point… — Leon Morris Copy Share Image
Naturally, I mine my girlfriends' lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
I would like to write a book that wasn't so violent and weird, but I just don't think I can do that… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
You can't just be reactive to the things going on in your life. You have to imagine, and you have to plunder… — David Gray Copy Share Image
“A human life Is the time that happens while The Earth takes a break For you to live between Inhaling and exhaling… — Haidji Copy Share Image
I always travel with my iPod and I've never read a book in my life. It makes me tired; my brain is… — Gino D'Acampo Copy Share Image
“The book, and its offspring the periodical, which hold more knowledge than one human memory can retain, have long served as extensions… — Frederick Kilgour Copy Share Image
“If you don't have the physical conditioning necessary to get your self out of trouble, the skills in this book won't do… — Clint Emerson Copy Share Image
One of my favorite moments in that book [As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth] was when something happened… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
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