“A foreign publisher of my first book [ The Selfish Gene ] confessed that he could not sleep for three nights after… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly — Jen Knox Copy Share Image
You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they're… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
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Once in my childhood I had been eager to learn Irish; I thought to get leave to take lessons from an old… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
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If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me. — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
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Ideas come from all over, but as I write more and more, I find I'm always hunting for mood: I want to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
A man ought to inquire and find out what he really and truly has an appetite for; what suits his constitution; and… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is… — Mary Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
'Fault' became the book everybody and their mother had to read, and 'Paper Towns' is one that's beloved, but it's a bit… — Wyck Godfrey Copy Share Image
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The book has very specific qualities. Let's say in 2300 they discover the physical book, after having lived with the digital book… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
The sign that I don't like the book I'm reading is finding myself watching reruns of 'Come Dine With Me.' — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
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