if an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect. — Anna Letitia Barbauld Copy Share Image
I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I remember when I first started being in magazines, I had pretty thin skin. I was this nerd that read books and… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, The Odyssey because all life is a journey, The Book of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“I don't know anything that mars a good literature so completely as too much truth. Facts contain a great deal of poetry,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
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People have one of two extreme reactions to my book. They either throw it across the room, or they rush out and… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
Buying clothes is as good as buying books, but the difference is that clothes make you beautiful form the outside and books… — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
I was once a journalist. And I think of myself as a journalist, and that's it. You tell the truth. I even… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time in preproduction working with authors, and a lot of time in postproduction.: editing, music, all that… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“Truly, books are wonderful things; to sit alone in a room and laugh and cry, because you are reading, and still be… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
If we have to sum up the Book of Revelation in one phrase, it would be, 'Jesus wins.' — Jud Wilhite Copy Share Image
Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his death,… — Martin Bormann Copy Share Image
There are magic moments, involving great physical fatigue and intense motor excitement, that produce visions of people known in the past. As… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
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Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
According to a new book coming out by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, apparently when he was in high school, President Obama smoked… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
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I ceased in the year 1764 to believe that one can convince one’s opponents with arguments printed in books. It is not… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
