Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
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I went to SXSW in 2011. God, that was awful. I mean, I only went because my publisher wanted me to promote… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Excellence is THE trend of the '80s. Walk into any shopping mall bookstore, go to the rack where they keep the best-sellers… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Some people have read a few Marxist books and think themselves quite learned but what they have read has not penetrated, has… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books should be right up there with exercise and diet as something that don't just entertain us but heal us. They tell… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“Reading is one of the most pleasurable activities out there. On a scale of human enjoyment I once found in a reference… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse... by Floyd Gottfredson will be warmly received by comics aficionados but should also intrigue Disney animation buffs who… — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
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I did a lot of this through writing flashbacks. Many of the flashbacks took place at Cal's school and I eventually cut… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
Every time I start on a new book, I am a beginner again. I doubt myself, I grow discouraged, all the work… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
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People are way too hard on themselves. Comparing yourself to other people can be damaging; the most important thing is just to… — Liv Tyler Copy Share Image
Most authors liken the struggle of writing to something mighty and macho, like wrestling a bear. Writing a book is nothing like… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
“Spend 80 percent of your time on books and 20 percent on articles and newspapers. And by books, I don’t mean just… — Tim Sanders Copy Share Image
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As an audience member, I live vicariously through the characters I watch or read about. There's something very relatable about comic-book characters.… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
I moved into the garage at my mom's house, she wouldn't let me into the house, and the garage didn't have any… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I have a passionate desire for personal privacy. I want to stand before the world, for good or bad, on the book… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
I had Paterson, and The Art Lover, to guide me for The Tales of Horror (written from 1988-'97 and published in 1999),… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
“I read and re-read the books I had brought. The quality of the book didn’t matter. What was important was that there… — Sooyong Park Copy Share Image
In a way, both the U.S. media and those wacky rioters in the Afghan-Pakistani hinterlands are very similar, two highly parochial and… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
You have to remember that Shadow and Bone' was the first book I sold. And it was, in fact, the first book… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood…….… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
I thought a book would be a great way to reach out to people, not just to dancers but also those who… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
If you're starting to lose your faith in the general intelligence of the American populous, there's nothing like them mistaking pop culture… — Ben Feldman Copy Share Image
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter,… — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
A mismatched outfit, a slightly defective denture, an exquisite mediocrity of the soul-those are the details that make a woman real, alive.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Louis Brandeis really inspired me to write this book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet]. It was a crazy deadline. The editor said… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
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“Then there are the books that shine in my memory, milestones along the horizontal course of my life. I remember not just… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Real meditation we get from within or from a spiritual Master. We can never get it from books. From books we can… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
'A People's History of the United States' was actually a very big book for me. I read it in high school, and… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
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