There's a book called 'Where The Wild Things Are,' by American writer Maurice Sendak... it really is the most sublime book. It's… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
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I always tell my little sister after high school all the 'cool kids' will wanna be you, just keep your nose in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At times, parents foist their own choices on kids and try to get them to read the classics. But kids have very… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
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
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