I think I sent one [book] to Brian Eno. I don't know how I got to know his address, but I sent… — David Toop Copy Share Image
Writing is for stories to be read, books to be published, poems to be recited, plays to be acted, songs to be… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
I get daily e-mails from Afghans who thank me for writing this book [The Kite Runner], as they feel a slice of… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The spirit only can teach. Not any profane man, not any sensual, not any liar, not any slave can teach, but only… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You need to write a book, what's going on with my serve. It's disaster. I don't bend my legs. Instead of jumping… — Dinara Safina Copy Share Image
“She was somehow this damaged creature I had fortuitously encountered along my path and now cared about as a result. Granted, I… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
“I quickly learned that a book carefully arranged before your face was a bulletproof shield, an asbestos wall, a cloak of invisibility.… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
What le Carré is so good at is unpicking something very specific about Englishness. That is almost part of why I think… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Today, you talk to kids about books and they almost want to run away because they've got computers, iPads and all that,… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
John Akers once said that changing IBM's culture was more difficult than getting elephants to dance. Of course it's really difficult, as… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Certainly I do not wish that instead of these masters I had read baby books, written down to children, and with such… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
I am a grenade," I said again. "I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be… — John Green Copy Share Image
I do believe this to be the over-arching philosophy behind most of the books I've fallen in love with over the years.… — Marla Frazee Copy Share Image
There's no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity, the news movement conservatives that… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I could always write in a wide variety. My moods change same as reader's moods change. I really do love writing the… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
“Between the covers a book can be a sin. I have spent many hours in search of a waking dream. And once… — Keith Donohue Copy Share Image
I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability to bring… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
I'm not a fancy person. I love small spaces. I like tiny cars. I don't buy things, aside from music and books.… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I did the pilot, and when they came through and said they were going to put it on the air, I had… — Humphrey Lyttelton Copy Share Image
“Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“When authors write from personal experiences,straight from the heart,it touches the readers. Their work speaks out to all who read it,and most… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
I left drama school to do 'The Book Thief' - it was a real trip going straight from school kind of right… — Ben Schnetzer Copy Share Image
“A book has been taken. A book has been taken? You summoned the Watch," Carrot drew himself up proudly, "because someone's taken… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have dwelt ever in realms apart from the visible world; spending my youth and adolescence in ancient and little-known books, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the next thing I publish will be for children, but I don't really want to be held to that because… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
There is nothing for it but for all of us to invent our own ideal libraries of classics. I would say that… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
There yet remains but one concluding tale, And then this chronicle of mine is ended - Fulfilled, the duty God ordained to… — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
There are too many coy books full of talking animals, whimsical children, and condescending adults. (Some of the most famous animals in… — Katharine Sergeant Angell White Copy Share Image
We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh;… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm not Frank Bough, either. I am getting older and a bit more sensible. I'm not going… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
Measuring success in cultural diplomacy - the use of education, creative expression in any form, or people-to-people exchange to increase understanding across… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Service is selflessness--the opposite of the lifestyle that we see so much of in America today. The things that entertain us don't… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
What are you doing with all those books anyway?" Ron asked. Just trying to decide which ones to take with us," said… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“She still remembers the effect a certain book can have on people at the right time in their lives. A book, at… — Don Borchert Copy Share Image
Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has so much… — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
When you talk to people about the books that have meant a lot to them, it's usually books they read when they… — Jesse Sheidlower Copy Share Image
![“I think I sent one [book] to Brian Eno. I don't know how I got to know his address, but I sent one to him. He called me up and he said, "I really like the book, and I'm starting a new label, would you liked to do something?" It was a tricky situation for me, because I've always had this thing in…” quote by David Toop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/david-toop-17674_addresses_i-think-i-sent-one-book-to-brian-eno-i-d_738455.jpg)
![“I get daily e-mails from Afghans who thank me for writing this book [The Kite Runner], as they feel a slice of their story has been told by one of their own. So, for the most part, I have been overwhelmed with the kindness of my fellow Afghans.” quote by Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/khaled-hosseini-251_book_i-get-daily-e-mails-from-afghans-who-tha_3144908.jpg)
