One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
“I knew books could see people around them, they ground their tiny teeth, tried to rattle like windows, stories to tell.” — Steve Aylett Copy Share Image
“One rule of the road not directly stated elsewhere in this book: 'The editor is always right.' The corollary is that no… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It's no wonder we don't defend the land where we live. We don't live here. We live in television programs and movies… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
'Life's That Way' was an extraordinarily difficult book to write, because it wasn't written as a book. It was written as a… — Jim Beaver Copy Share Image
You know, I've always been really interested in this stuff, and I'm going to read this. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I've illustrated many children's books and I feel awfully lucky to be able to do something I love so much, and yes,… — Sophie Blackall Copy Share Image
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“When I wiped you from the book of memory, I did not know I was striking out half my life” — Nizar Qabbani Copy Share Image
We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it. — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Keep building your word-power. Read, read, read. That way you will be able to say what you really feel. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
'The Odyssey' is a great poem to refugee-dom... Odysseus is not entirely a refugee... he's somebody who's blown off course. The entire… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
There are so many awful things in this world, but I wanted readers to share with me the small, beautiful, enjoyable things.… — Novala Takemoto Copy Share Image
My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Before I went to bed, I sat up till 2 a-clock in my chamber, reading of Mr. Hooke's Microscopical Observations, the most… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
Even if I couldn't get my early novels published, I could still write. I went into newspapers, where I got paid to… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people even write to say they use our books only to see where not to go. They don’t want to stay… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The books I like...contain things to ponder, ignore, memorize, and laugh and wonder at.” — Seymour Chwast Copy Share Image
There are probably a couple of things I'd never write about until everyone I know is dead. And then there's other stuff… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
“For some of us books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of… — Ann Lamott Copy Share Image
I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
