I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
As a child I read all kinds of stuff, whether it was 'Asterix and Obelix' and 'Tin Tin' comic books, or 'Lord… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist win. It's just how… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Just think how many books I could've sold if Harry had been a bit more creative with his wand." -[On the success… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
She looked at her shelves, filled with books in which the bad stuff that happened to people was caused by things like… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
For there is a wind or a ghost of wind in all books echoing the life there, a high wind that fills… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
“No wicked man could write such a book as this; and no good man would write it, unless it were true and… — George Cannon Copy Share Image
If a writer knows what he or she is doing, I'll go along for the ride. If he or she doesn't... well,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Right now she is reading Virginia Woolf, all of Virginia Woolf, book by book-She is fascinated by the idea of a woman… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
That is the first thing to learn — not to seek. When you seek you are really only window-shopping. The question of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“[Roland] Barthes turned the thable on the author, saying no only the a book needs a reader to wake it into life,… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
I fell in love with books. Some people find beauty in music, some in painting, some in landscape, but I find it… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
The process for writing a picture book is completely different from the process of writing a chapter book or novel. For one… — Sarah Weeks Copy Share Image
“You, therefore, who are undertaking the study of this book, if you persevere to the end and understand it, you will be… — Éliphas Lévi Copy Share Image
Sharona Muir has written a gripping personal memoir about her odyssey to rediscover and reclaim her father. Along the way she uncovers… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the number of Books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone… — Alain De Botton Copy Share Image
“To be in the middle of composing a book is almost always to feel oneself in a state of confusion, doubt and… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
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“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Richard John Neuhaus, in his well-known book The Naked Public Square, tells us that in America, the public square has become openly… — Stephen L. Carter Copy Share Image
The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school,… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
Confronted with the choice between having time and having things, we’ve chosen to have things. Today it is a luxury to read… — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
A book's alright when the weather's foul and there's nothing else to do, but why sit and read when the wind is… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
...there are so many books left to read. For that reason alone it is worth going on living. Books make me happy,… — Félix J. Palma Copy Share Image
“So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I always loved books. I don't remember learning to read, it was just something I always did. I was hungry for knowledge,… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
“Sad that there is books that are based on bad events that has happened. But there is books that has been based… — Dawn Huntsman Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I've written a book that hopefully will give people a sense of what [presidency] was like. I hope my friends read it… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear. — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I've been surprised that 'Elizabeth is Missing' has been so well received as a crime book. I love mystery stories, and that… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
The research in Ralph Keyes' The Quote Verifier is impressive, and each conclusion is like the solution to a real-life historical mystery.… — Will Shortz Copy Share Image
Those moments when you feel you want to read something truly beautiful. The eyes make a tour of the library, and there… — Jules Renard Copy Share Image
I have still the best comforts of life - books and friendships - and I trust never to lose my relish for… — Mary Russell Mitford Copy Share Image
I read books all the time, I'm always reading. I'm not like somebody that reads really fast or a lot or anything,… — Christopher Owens Copy Share Image
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