It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase — Sergei Dovlatov Copy Share Image
When I was at school, I loved maths and read lots of books and was horrified at the idea of having a… — Victoria Coren Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm writing a book about Siamese Twins that are attached at the nose. It's called: Stop Staring at Me! — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
I get really excited if I think I'm going to introduce somebody to a writer they haven't found before and I think… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
As sculptors chip away the stone in order to find the statue, writers chip away extraneous verbiage so readers can see the… — Leslie Parrish Copy Share Image
I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
For me, wellbehaved books with neat plots and worked-out endings seem somewhat quaint in the face of the largely incoherent reality of… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Digging up new information and speculating on it isn't your primary purpose when you're writing a biography intended for young readers, unless… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
I'll think about something else. I'll just sit quietly. If I could sit still. If I could sit still, maybe I could… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Perhaps dandruff is the excreta of the mind — the quantity of this material being directly proportional to the amount of reading… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“I spend many hours in conversation with wonderful characters from fantastic books.” — Patti Roberts Copy Share Image
We who have been true readers all our life fully realize the enormous of our being which we owe to authors. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It will seem as if you were making the visions banal — but then you need to do that — then you… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“We did live in dire poverty. And one of the things that I hated was poverty. Some people hate spiders. Some people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This helpful book on the role of the arts fills a significant gap in the growing literature on holistic faith-based programs. — Ronald J. Sider Copy Share Image
“As one descendant of a black cowboy explained, "We didn't write the books. We didn't produce the movies. So we were politely… — Tricia Martineau Wagner Copy Share Image
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
