“Like everyone else, I have my black list of unfavorite authors and critics, and among intimate friends I sometimes say exactly what… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think the arts and literature have always been irrevocably connected. Because if you think about it, every film script, every… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The people in books become more real to you than any one in actual life.” — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
“The “yes-men” problem is mentioned here. The author says that even though “yes-people” can be pleasing to a leader, they will be… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
The ancient Greeks, poets, authors and philosophers all puzzled over the question but nobody really knows what love is - including me.… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
I never understood how one could write a whole book: It is so technically challenging, and it's incredible the way writers put… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
I've never been intimidated to write music, to minister through leading worship, preaching or teaching, or even writing a book or acting.… — Ricardo Sanchez Copy Share Image
There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
A child her wayward pencil drew On margins of her book; Garlands of flower, dancing elves, Bud, butterfly, and brook, Lessons undone,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I read the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs every day. — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
“The keys to life are running and reading. When you're running, there's a little person that talks to you and says, "Oh… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Every time I finish a book, I say to an imaginary god that I do not believe in, 'Please let me live… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Adieu, sucky speed-reading critics and reviewers!" Terry Dare, gothic author in Blatty's book "Elsewhere", just before he crosses over.” — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
“Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and there discovered was a whole world to… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“Some books had shiny pages that showed paintings of landscapes unlike anything Matty had ever seen, or of people costumed in odd… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
'Tulip Fever' did change my life. It did that thing that sometimes happens when a book takes off - it opened doors… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought better. — DH Lawrence Copy Share Image
When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“Ernest Hemingway, much like the Artisan hero in his novel, A Farewell to Arms, wanted to avoid figurative language (the language of… — David Keirsey Copy Share Image
Rough board shelves hold a number of books, without which some of the evenings would be long indeed. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It's wrong to become a bully yourself or to take it out on other people, and in my case, I just retreated… — Paul Dini Copy Share Image
For each book, there's a back story of where the idea came from. Sometimes it's derived from a current event or topic… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“Books don’t take time away from us,” she said. “They give it back. In this age of abstraction, of multitasking, of speed… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Before novels written by women were relegated to their own 'genre,' I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The great thing about making picture books is that you can make absolutely anything you want happen. It's a bit like making… — Mini Grey Copy Share Image
“Laura also tried to comfort her staff (after 9/11), but Kathi Card never saw fear in her. "Someone with a strong faith… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
In fact, it is precisely because we have changed books that the chaos in our country has gotten worse than ever before. — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
Literally, the piece at the end is where the universe is cracked apart, it's a big moment. Basically, they, the filmmakers, have… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
“If a book falls in the woods and nobody read it, was it ever written?” — Neil Leckman Copy Share Image
The teacher who allows his scholars the freedom of the city of books is at liberty to be their guide, philosopher and… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
