I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Every good story needs a hero. Back when I wrote 'The Search,' that hero was Google - the book wasn't about Google… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
“I hate anything superficial. But I will take the book and look at it, and tell you what I think of the… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'You Suck,' in 2006, I constructed the diction of the book's narrator, perky Goth girl Abby Normal, from… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
It is a good plan to have a book with you in all places and at all times. If you are presently… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
“...ending a book with a sequel in such a way that the reader still has faith in the characters and in the… — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
I was enjoying myself writing, because I don't know what's going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Larry (Summers - director of the National Economic Council) taught me two very important lessons. The first: Never judge a book by… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
I try to return my calls but I get inundated with emails and I can't answer them all. So often, I have… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
God knows where every particle of the handful of dust has gone; he has marked in his book the wandering of every… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Many people think of the Bible as a book of moral teachings with stories sprinkled through to illustrate the teachings. But it's… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Bible is still the only dirty book I've ever read, at least in its current incarnation as a weapon of the… — Paul Monette Copy Share Image
I am a person that is very curious about what is going on in the world and there are a lot of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Washed and waiting. That is my life – my identity as one who is forgiven and spiritually cleansed and my struggle as… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
For a thorough understanding of rowing, for the what, the how and the why, the books making up Peter Mallory’s The Sport… — Anita DeFrantz Copy Share Image
“Luckily for me, I loved books. Books can enlighten but can also benight, but at least one can play one off against… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Copy Share Image
It's funny, when you look back in history books or American cookery books, one of the reasons that the quinces and cranberries… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I'm lucky when events haven't overtaken the… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit of the… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
Give thy mind to books and libraries, and the literature and lore of the ages will give thee the wisdom of sage… — Newell Dwight Hillis Copy Share Image
It seems to me most people make the mistake of never building a following where they are considered a resource to their… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
In the opening a master should play like a book, in the mid-game he should play like a magician, in the ending… — Rudolf Spielmann Copy Share Image
The first time I picked up a law book, it was like I had done it all my life. There was just… — Isaac Wright Jr Copy Share Image
“There is a book for every walk of life. No matter the age, race, or gender there is something that will appeal… — Carmela Dutra Copy Share Image
A lot of my close friends had tolerantly washed their hands of the whole idea of me writing a book. They had… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
I am always concerned with ideas of territory and movement. Indeed, my first book after Bunker Archeology was entitled L'insecurite du territoire (1976). — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
“I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Many people told me not to call the book '... Refugee' because Aussies won't buy it. I told them I have faith… — Anh Do Copy Share Image
As for what I listen to after writing, it could be anything - but I've noticed that if the current book contains… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Keeping your head down and just writing is only part of the equation, so I surround myself with smart people to help… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I directed the first "Twilight" movie. It was in my contract that I could have gone on to do the other films,… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
Boys are different from girls, but boys are also different from other boys, just as girls are different from other girls. Calling… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Book sense makes sense because someone has gone through it before and able to share it with you. Your job is to… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
What can books of men that wive In a dragon-guarded land, Paintings of the dolphin-drawn Sea-nymphs in their pearly wagons Do, but… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Every day I ran to that book like it was a bottle of whiskey and crawled inside because it was a world… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
