As a writer I have persisted in my uncertainty, alternating between novels which could charitably be considered literature and world reporting which… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I needed more knowledge in rigging and knotting. I started collecting books on knots and really learning more and more. That's how… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
“Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets.” — Chloe Thurlow Copy Share Image
Each book develops a strong organic shape. And when that shape is complete, the book is complete. I don't know where the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“There comes a time in every man’s life when his thoughts lightly turn to setting his library on fire. To burn away… — Steven Hardesty Copy Share Image
In many ways, my entire graphic novel career was a long diversion. Originally, all I wanted to do was to be an… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
If you want to hurt me, fine. Take my books. Burn down my house. Shave my head while I am sleeping. But… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight. — Richard de Bury Copy Share Image
“I know what you're thinking. ‘How the hell does this broke ass piece of trailer trash know words like caveat,’ right? Well… — Isobel Irons Copy Share Image
When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week. — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
I profess to learn and to teach anatomy not from books but from dissections, not from the tenets of Philosophers but from… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
I am too old to have ever been very worried about what "genre" any given book of mine might be. I read… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I like to read non-fiction on my e-reader, but as for fiction, I usually like to have a copy to keep at… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
“That’s why I called my last book Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, because that’s the greatest habit we have to break—thinking,… — Joe Dispenza Copy Share Image
Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
I love digital books. And I actually started digital-first publishing back in 2005. — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
“I sneaked out to his house a couple times in the middle of the night to watch over him while he slept,… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
