As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I cant help but notice in so many stories,… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
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There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it. — Jane Fallon Copy Share Image
“I didn’t know how to read. Mother was my library. I read mother One day The world will be at peace Man… — Zhu Xiao-Mei Copy Share Image
“When I first opened this book and saw all those scholarly footnotes, my heart leapt up as though I saw a host… — Steven Moore Copy Share Image
“I think you can write about what you know for about an hour and a half. Then you have to start bullshitting.… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
“I only wanted books—nothing more—only books, only words, it was never anything but words—give them to me, I don’t have any! Look,… — Tatyana Tolstaya Copy Share Image
At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
We sometimes drive ourselves crazy with how our books will be "seen," when in fact we already know what they're about, and… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Cloud Atlas' is but one of a long list of titles deemed unfilmable, by author and movie moguls alike, until it was,… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
What is a magazine? A small body of Literature entirely surrounded by advertisements. — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
I look at comic books, and I do very eclectic mood boards with ideas and images that have to do with a… — Alexandra Byrne Copy Share Image
Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Holly came out with a book and she gave her experience. This is what I told Kendra, 'She's writing about her experience… — Bridget Marquardt Copy Share Image
I'll live with whatever sentence I'll get in the end - I'll just finish my book. — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
Literature deserves its prestige for one reason above all others - because it's a tool to help us live and die with… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I read books I hate all the time, and I don't mention them or talk about them. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature; formal… — Alexis De Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Finally, I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
Dating the same guy twice is like reading a book,you already know the end...but if I would only have the chance I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you're rich you can buy books. If you're poor, you need a library. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I'm the world 'Guinness Book of Records' holder of 1,749 hugs in one hour. My arms fell off. — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The philosophy of individualism owes a great deal to the tradition of novel-writing and novel-reading. In its development and in its aesthetics,… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
One child, One teacher, One pen and One book can change the world. Education is the only solution. — Prince Khetran Copy Share Image
I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be. It's wrong to say "everybody," but… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“The book identifies you as part of the tribe. On the opposite extreme, there are people who will walk up to you… — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
I’m sure there’s some self-help cheese-ball book about the gray area, but I’ve been having this conversation with my friends who are… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
For me, books have been a life-long resource-to learning, laughter, solace, excitement, inspiration. At your library, the world awaits you, free for… — Lady Bird Johnson Copy Share Image
“My sort wants the book in its entirety. We need to touch it, to examine the weight of its paper and the… — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to see the truth. Everybody wants to have the fantasy. When I look back at the books I was reading… — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
