If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only skilled… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the… — Valerie Wilson Wesley Copy Share Image
Steiner has here transformed the vaporous conceptions of his life, the vapors of what never was and never will be, from their… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
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There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
“But life- I'd come to find out- was pretty damn large. It coiled and wove and spun its own story, threading together… — Megan Squires Copy Share Image
Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I no longer know the author of this book, for simply stopping long enough and writing it down was where I changed… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I feel that women and men should free themselves up. It took me a while to get over my dysphoria about shopping… — Hari Nef Copy Share Image
[Writing] books is really fun because your "voice" is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience.… — Liz Tuccillo Copy Share Image
It's insane to be a writer and not be a reader. When I'm writing I'm more likely to be reading four or… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Will bounded up onto one of the ladders and yanked a book off the shelf. "I'll find you something else to read.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Jorge Luis Borges wrote a poem when he was in his 80s about one day writing the book that would justify him.… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just… — Phil Elvrum Copy Share Image
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As I detail in my new book: 'Hard Measures, How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,' there are many myths… — Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr Copy Share Image
Until the early 90s, when I was working on a project about the idea of free will in American philosophy. I knew… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
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There really are two Americas, one for the grifter class and one for everybody else. In everybody-else land, the world of small… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
On the whole, books are indeed less finite than ourselves. Even the worst among them outlast their authors - mainly because they… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I wrote the poems in Charms Against Lightning one by one, over almost a decade, and I did not write them toward… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
The things that I loved about Bob's [Dylan] music - and I describe him in the book as the father of my… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Most consumers don't have a good metric for deciding on whether the dictionary they want to use is a good one... so… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
I'm a huge science fan; I read a lot of science books. But I'm not a scientist, my interest in science is… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
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Becoming Richard Pryor is a compulsively readable book that sets a new gold standard for American biography. Scott Scaul’s research is extraordinary;… — Debby Applegate Copy Share Image
I learned capacity for self-reflection very early, finding it through interior monologues that books are so good at and that visual media… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
J.R.R.Tolkien has confessed that about a third of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring, some ruffian named Strider confronted the… — Ansen Dibell Copy Share Image
If 'Mystery Train' is my Nixon book and 'Lipstick Traces' my Reagan book, 'Invisible Republic' is my Bill Clinton book. I really… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
There is something wonderful about a book. We can pick it up. We can heft it. We can read it. We can… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Have you ever found your heart's desire and then lost it? I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader.… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
I am always amazed by the novel angles that people come up with for kids' Christmas books. Even if a family is… — Jabari Asim Copy Share Image
Finding a title for a book is something that I work really hard at ... So, in Salt, I realized that the… — Helen Frost Copy Share Image
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“The Untheory of Evolution, and Other Scientific Studies Including Hunting, Fishing, and Sex" by William C. Berdine needs to be available to… — William C. Berdine Copy Share Image
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