I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Treat your past as a book that you learn from instead of a hammer that you beat yourself up about. — Bill Whittle Copy Share Image
A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
A general cry of "What book? What book? Let us see this famous book! — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Two guys, one girl, and the mess they can create amongst themselves may be the oldest story in the book, but it… — Neha Sharma Copy Share Image
I myself don't know what makes my books work. I enter a bookstore and I'm frankly overwhelmed by the number of books… — Chetan Bhagat Copy Share Image
“As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
You write a book like that that you're fond of over the years, then you see that happen to it, it's like… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
A book collection is a cross between a Rorschach test and This Is Y our Life. It marks your life clearly like… — Margo Kaufman Copy Share Image
I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie. — Andrew Stanton Copy Share Image
I remember when I first started being in magazines, I had pretty thin skin. I was this nerd that read books and… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
The world has been printing books for 450 years, and yet gunpowder still has a wider circulation. Never mind! Printer's ink is… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
I sold 'Time Life' books on the telephone. It's probably the only pure skill job I've ever had. When you're on and… — David Nevins Copy Share Image
I was a voracious reader and the library fed my curiosity, imagination and my soul. I read by the shelf - biographies,… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
You have with you the book you were reading in the cafe, which you are eager to continue, so that you can… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
When we are young, we spend much time and pains in filling our note-books with all definitions of Religion, Love, Poetry, Politics,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In sum, do not insult me with the beheadings, finger choppings or the lung-deflations you plan for my works. I need my… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative impulse; the… — Sven Birkerts Copy Share Image
