When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's not a book. We don't have… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“For propaganda, of course. It’s all in your own book. How can we persuade others to be good, without evil we can… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
'Working Class Man' is my second memoir and is a continuation of my story from where 'Working Class Boy' left off. The… — Jimmy Barnes Copy Share Image
I never get used to it, the unknowable mystery of a person so suddenly, totally closed, snapped shut like a half-read novel. — Linda Barnes Copy Share Image
There are some writers who don't write about people who do jobs. I'm not going to name them, but you watch one… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
The deepest quality of a work of art will always be the quality of the mind of the producer...No good novel will… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I have always discouraged young writers from self-publishing, by which I mean going to a vanity publisher and spending your hard earned… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I think there's a responsibility of the publisher, of the company, to make sure the staple books that have been around for… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I didn't know the books and certainly didn't know the tragic origin story of Mary Poppins in 1906 Australia. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
“Manage me, I'm a mess Turn a page, I'm a book half unread I wanna be laughed at, laughed with just because… — All Time Low Copy Share Image
If I don't have the books to read, if I don't have the information to study, how can I succeed? That's a… — Richard Sherman Copy Share Image
Wandering the book fair at AWP is a great way to get acquainted with a wide sampling of the diverse journals that… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
“A reader lives a thousand lives before they die... One who never reads... only lives ONE” — Aiah Radwan Copy Share Image
Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books? — William Targ Copy Share Image
Sex is difficult to write about because it's just not sexy enough. The only way to write about it is not to… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“There’s no point in writing hopeless novels. We all know we’re going to die; what’s important is the kind of men and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
in a sense much great literature is subversive, since its very existence implies that what matters is art, imagination, and truth. In… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
“One should watch a film adaptation of a favorite book only after considering , very carefully, the fact that the casting of… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“Shane Claiborne says in his book The Irresistible Revolution, “Community is what we were created for ... But that doesn’t mean community… — Mark Votava Copy Share Image
I always write my novels with music (I don't listened to the music seriously.) Music seems to encourage me. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books. — Jackie French Copy Share Image
Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“She ate toast in bed, then reread a favorite book, taking comfort from a story where she knew the outcome would be… — Sarah Mayberry Copy Share Image
My work is very eclectic. I write books that range from writing fiction, writing fable where I am very directly trying to… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny,… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself. Movies show you the pink… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“psychologist Wendy Mogel, best-selling author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and The Blessing of a B Minus,” — Julie Lythcott-Haims Copy Share Image
I call Algonquin Books 'the gods and goddesses of publishing.' Not only did they give me a career, they care deeply about… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I really like how the sixth book is going. A lot happens in the sixth book and a lot of questions are… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
'd go through your phone book and whack 'em all, and find Contestant number one and break his fuckin' jaw. — Insane Clown Posse Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I hit 20 that I became an obsessive reader, I think, which feels a little funny considering I was… — Adam Silvera Copy Share Image
As we are all solipsists, and all die, the world dies with us. Only very minor literature aims at apocalypse. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“Everything is interconnected. My readings of classical authors, who never speaks of sunsets, have made many sunsets intelligible to me, in all… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
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