Dissent in art is a fundamental right. But if it is dissent about a book, a piece of art, and if you… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
The truth is that the writers who most influenced me weren't people categorized as crime writers. I'd say I learned more from… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
But you want to know about the influence of books on my life, and as I've said, there was only one. Seneca.… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
I'm a fictional monogamist - I can only work on one thing at a time - but each novel starts growing in… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“Books are the greatest treasure of wisdom and knowledge for mankind.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
One of my favorite authors, Garbrielle Zevin, she did a book called 'Elsewhere,' that is one of my favorites, and I think… — Isabelle Fuhrman Copy Share Image
Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
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“Well, you mind your manners and don’t raise your voice. You know what your mamma used to say. Any book is a… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
So long as the mental and moral instruction of man is left solely in the hands of hired servants of the public--let… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
I am not really interested in the comic book movies for example. They send me very violent scripts that don't interest me.… — Kristin Davis Copy Share Image
What took you so long?” Will asked when Evie came panting into the room. He and Jericho had assembled a stack of… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“We are born alone, and all die alone, too. I read that somewhere, in some book. After Oren died I used to… — Kate Ellison Copy Share Image
“One of the shining exceptions in personalities is that writers do not need to be charismatic in their own persons; they are… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The boy was in the Hitler Youth, he says, and he was reading a book one day, he was really enjoying it,… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
It is untrue that fiction is nonutilitarian. The uses of fiction are synonymous with the uses of literature. They include refreshment, clarification… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
When I choose the title [for my book], which was my favorite title, I felt sure there was going to be a… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“A great physicist taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He published many important books and papers. Often he had an idea… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: it's the next work, still to be written, that… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“Books—even erotic ones … especially erotic ones—are simply reflections of the human soul. Sometimes they're silly and sometimes they're exaggerated, but it's… — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
“One Drop of water makes an ocean while all the books in the world make up all the knowledge in it too.” — Gabriella Goren Copy Share Image
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Even a cursory reading of the book of Ecclesiastes shows that culture is a stationary bike that each generation climbs on in… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
You need have no dull hours if you are a sincere lover of books. — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“He let the hours go by lost in the magic of words, shedding his skin and his name, feeling like another person.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
The fall of the Berlin Wall did more for the progress of freedom than all of the books written by myself or… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Although unanswered prayer is indeed a theme of the book, it is not the heart of the book, for unanswered prayer describes… — Jerry Sittser Copy Share Image
Right now I'm singing along to books on tape. I typically pop in something like Stephen King's 'The Stand,' and I love… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list… — Ruth First Copy Share Image
“What a drug this little book is; to imbibe it is to find oneself presuming his process. I read and feel that… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“The spirits of the brain are directly connected to the testicles. This is why men who weary their imagination in books are… — Louis de la Forge Copy Share Image
I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously, you don't read a lot… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
After the war, when my husband came home, we had two more children, and domesticity for a while prevailed combined with beginning… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
I love to read, and I like the fact that there's some silence in my life. — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago I met a little girl with a book under her arm. I asked… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
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