Mindi Scott has a real talent for getting inside her protagonist's head. She sketches out Coley's story in grand swathes, and then… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
“Finally she found what she was looking for. “See, child?” she said, holding out a framed illustration that looked as if it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Somehow, in the novel format, I don't really like to do upfront, ideological discussion. In my heart, literature remains a poetic and… — Xiaolu Guo Copy Share Image
I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing. — James Thayer Copy Share Image
“What is it you do, then? I'll tell you: You leave out whatever doesn't suit you. As the author himself has done… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
“I'm a grenade. I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be with you guys because… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like… — rilke Copy Share Image
Translators who choose to work on canonized writers can usually lean on an extensive critical apparatus around either the author or the… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
Books are many things: lullabies for the weary, ointment for the wounded, armour for the fearful and nests for those in need… — Glenda Millard Copy Share Image
I've had it with these cheap sons of bitches who claim they love poetry but never buy a book. — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
Utopian fiction is really boring. I had to read a lot of it, and it's not that much fun. But they're fascinating… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
There are two sides to me. One is the writer. That's a savage person who looks at everything as a story and,… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book. — Brooks Robinson Copy Share Image
“We want books that are written for those of us who doubt everything, who cry over the least little thing, who are… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“Well, in San Francisco if someone's against you, they know how to vote you out of an area. If someone's against you… — Ernest J. Gaines Copy Share Image
“I'm not constantly looking for the "right" in my thoughts. I am, actually, scared of absolute “rights”. Therefore, I don't think my… — Korel Eraybar Copy Share Image
There are books that I read years ago that enlivened things in me that haven't died yet. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Because so many people use goodreads, it is an amazingly good—and amazingly underutilized—resource for understanding what people read, why, and how they… — John Green Copy Share Image
The Book of Job and the 19th Psalm, which even the Church admits to be more ancient than the chronological order in… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Bombs kill terrorists, Books kill terrorism. Missiles kill extremists, Mindfulness kills extremism. Guns kill supremacists, Goodness kills supremacy. Law restrains cruel people,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Doing a book signing tomorrow at Barnes & Noble. Bring your own book...I haven't written one yet. — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
