“To friends and books, and friends in books, may our stories be long and our friendships longer.” — Molly MacRae Copy Share Image
Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate. — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
There is more sexy-stuff a coming in this book, though… This ain't your grandmother's Dirk Gently. — Arvind Ethan David Copy Share Image
The burning soul, the burden'd mind, In books alone companions find. — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
You need a theme in a picture book just as much or maybe even more than you need it in a novel. — Eve Bunting Copy Share Image
In order to write a book, it is necessary to sit down (or stand up) and write. Therein lies the difficulty. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
If you're interested in a book that will steadily grow and sell for a very long time, I promise you I will… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
I'd like to thank readers. Every time you open a book, it is a strike against ignorance. Unless you're reading Sarah Palin. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with… — Micah Perks Copy Share Image
Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
As adults, we've seen so much before that we often turn the pages of a picture book without really looking. Young children… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind… — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
It never stops me from saying what I want to say about Ethiopia, the fact that a tour company is paid for… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
“This book began with a vision I received one night planning a lesson for my Sunday school class at Family Ties at… — Bryant Cornett Copy Share Image
I think it is nice to be a little magical. Today we need this. All that we can read in fairy tales… — Klaus Nomi Copy Share Image
“A reader of mine is a deluxe reader, not because I’m so great but because in order to get to me you… — César Aira Copy Share Image
I needed to enhance the outward threat to Rachel.In the book [Girl on the Train], her inner threat is so strong; the… — Erin Cressida Wilson Copy Share Image
On the other hand, winning awards is cool. Aside from the warm fuzzy, it creates publicity, and that helps spread the word… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
There was a time when intellectual meant someone who uses reason and intellect. Today, people who call themselves intellectuals are in a… — Bill Whittle Copy Share Image
“We have no time to waste on insignificant books, hollow books, books that are there to please... We want books that cost… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
The sun hides not the ocean, which is the dark side of this earth, and which is two thirds of this earth.… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I think there is a kind of laconic Australian leg-pulling sense of humor that is certainly in some of my stories, or… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image