I felt so liberated when I first saw Charles Mee’s 'The Glory of the World' at BAM play, because for me this… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
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Books were always important. I have to thank my father, he filled my life with books. He didn't write but he always… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
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You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Of publishing a book on religion, my dear sir, I never had an idea. I should as soon think of writing for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Oh, that,' said Ginny, giggling. 'Well-Percy's got a girlfriend.' Fred dropped a stack of books on George's head. 'What?' 'It's that Ravenclaw… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I felt it essential to see every movie ever made. Now I feel as though I've got to… — James Gray Copy Share Image
We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I've known Owen's father Ron [Suskind] for years, and this was based on his best-selling book ["Life, Animated"]. We worked together as… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Pastoralia by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. Its one of the weirdest books Ive ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
In my town we studied the five Books of Moses, but rarely the prophets. We studied the Talmud so much that I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Of all man’s instruments, the most wondrous, no doubt, is the book. The other instruments are extensions of his body. The microscope,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I’m very excited about all the offers and interest and support pouring in through crowd-funding, and about having a lovely gap coming… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“I loved it so much I was sorry to finish it. I closed the book and shocked myself by thinking, This is… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I'm hardly the first person to say that you've [Jeffrey Rosen] written a book about a person who has more to say… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
“This book was written by a traitor to his class. It is dedicated to bigots everywhere. Ladies and gentlemen of the black… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Incompatibilists will tell you that a work of art has no meaning unless the artists could have chosen to create a different… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
There are some who say that sitting at home reading is the equivalent of travel, because the experiences described in the book… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spook smiled. "Elend is a forgetful scholar - twice as bad as Sazed ever was. He gets lost in his books and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope,… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
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After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
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50 is a great person. I was a little intimidated when I met him for the first time in 2006. I didn't… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
We are in a great school, and we should be diligent to learn, and continue to store up the knowledge of heaven… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“And now the measure of my song is done: The work has reached its end; the book is mine, None shall unwrite… — Ovid Copy Share Image
I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
I cried most days working on the first draft. The last scenes were the hardest. I had a feeling where I wanted… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
Actually,the nightmarish thought occurred to me that with electronic delivery of books becoming a norm, soon writers may be expected to provide… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document? We now know pretty well where the various… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
I don't believe that murders can be "solved." I think that this is the big lie of the mystery novel, that you… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
O prejudice, prejudice, prejudice, how many hast thou destroyed! Men who might have been wise have remained fools because they thought they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Will's face turned grave. "Be careful with it, though. It's six hundred years old and the only copy of its kind. Losing… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
During the process of writing the book, I had this experience that was telling for me. I got it and the basic… — Valerie Estelle Frankel Copy Share Image
Steve McClellan has drawn on an insider's lifetime view of how Wall Street really works to produce a practical and entertaining book… — Charles O. Rossotti Copy Share Image
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