As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people of the past and the present. I know I shall never… — Lisa Bu Copy Share Image
It has always pleased me to read while eating if I have no companion; it gives me the society I lack. I… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I've learned that writing a book and songwriting have a lot in common - it's all about the honesty and connection with… — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
I had to actually purchase a book to learn the API and write the client. It was pretty frustrating trying to learn… — Shawn Fanning Copy Share Image
...book-buyers aren't attracted, by and large, by the literary merits of a novel: book-buyers want a good story...something that will first fascinate… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not read. I would read them together with you, as… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
As a writer you know you don't have to deal with a lot of the crap that most people deal with, the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I think there are fans who love the genre to begin with, and there are fans who love the comic book to… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
I see a lot of writers who complain when their book doesn't sell and the reason that happens sometimes, is they don't… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
“I guess you can call me "old fashioned". I prefer the book with the pages that you can actually turn. Sure, I… — Felicia Johnson Copy Share Image
“Every room I've lived in since I was given my own room at eleven was lined with, and usually overfull of, books.… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
You cannot write a book unless it is totally inhabiting your imagination and you are totally engrossed with it. Which is a… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
I would say the flip side to my fascination with systems is a fascination with components. So many of my books are… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
I know Im not going to book everything I go in on, and thats just the nature of the business. You have… — Rob Brown Copy Share Image
Oh, and I have to mention one lady who does all of my book covers in cross stitch and frames them. Muriel.… — Alan Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Blessings be the inventor of the alphabet, pen and printing press! Life would be--to me in all events--a terrible thing without books.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
First, a few words about this title. It isn't easy, coming up with book titles. A lot of the really good ones… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I am talking about politics, it is not about reading a book, theories on policies, but awareness on what is our… — Andrea Jeremiah Copy Share Image
You can't count on notoriety lasting very long, and there's no way to predict whether anyone will care about your books or… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“He opened the book at random, or so he believed, but a book is like a sandy path which keeps the indent… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Books are the true metempsychosis,--they are the symbol and presage of immortality. The dead men are scattered, and none shall find them.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
You start to get nervous when the value of a comic book or graphic novel is relative to the achievements of some… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
There is no reason why good books should be lowered or lessened being rewritten to meet the demands of people who are… — Frances Clarke Sayers Copy Share Image
I loved all books that I could read, and I never knew if I was ready for it until I tried to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing… — Stephen Rea Copy Share Image
To me youre like a BOOK, though I'm not a book reader I always love to read you and wont ever get… — Joanne Lobedica Copy Share Image
Inside that book, it's my life-all the places where I'm hurting or I laughed or I cried or I prayed. And I've… — June Carter Cash Copy Share Image
For me, I would rather read a good book, from a contented author. I don't really care what it takes to produce… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
In a book, even the real bastards can't hurt you. And you can never loose a friend you make in a book.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I don't want to recover from writing this book [The Onion]. I feel very poised. I feel like I'm with my mother… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I am a very radical person - as radical now as I was when I was younger. So my books all have… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image