“Mother knocked once on my door and walked in my room to see me on my bed with the book tight in… — B.C. Doyle Copy Share Image
Every city and town in America would be bankrupt if they kept their books the way private-sector companies keep their books -… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“In the end he read everything that came his way, and he did not have a favorite author but rather many who… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“In any event, whether a supernatural tale remains altogether fantastic or eventually modulates to the uncanny or the marvelous, the reader is… — Howard Kerr Copy Share Image
I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
Of all my Russian books, the defense contains and diffuses the greatest 'warmth' which may seem odd seeing how supremely abstract Chess… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Our minds are shaped by the books we read. Our characters, by the people we meet. Our spirits by the love we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Have I got a black book? Yes, it's called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, literature, politics, and analysis came together, and I began to think more inclusively about the emotional imprisonment of mind and spirit… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Is this a topic whose time has truly come? The integration of science and religion? Or have I just written a clever… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“Books pull you to other worlds ... let them, and enjoy the adventure.” — H.B. Bolton Copy Share Image
Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on… — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
There's always been this feedback between comics and films. But I think that if you take that analogy too far, if you… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Even my fiction novels are all about outdoor adventure, and have plenty of information to encourage the reader to get interested in… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
It was always clear to me that I would have to earn my readers, some I would have to find, some to… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we have read a book or poem so often that we can no longer find any amusement in reading it by… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I suffer from the curse of being multi-talented. There's no doubt about it. Politics and literature have gotten in the way of… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
The discovery that we can program our existence and author our own lives has radically altered my life - transforming my identity,… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
“The ECLS data do show, for instance, that a child with a lot of books in his home tends to test higher… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
When I say Afro-American aesthetic, I'm not just talking about the United States, I'm talking about the Americas. People in the Latin… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“From Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story, re: the travel book boom of the 1970s Surprisingly, none of the new developments in… — Tony Wheeler Copy Share Image
I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
“He is totally abandoned in the way he buys book after book, never to read a single one. I wouldn't mind if… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
We are lucky in the United States to have our liberal arts system. In most countries, if you go to university, you… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
“She's finding out she don't know much, and that's gonna make her feel lost for a spell. All her book smarts is… — Leah Weiss Copy Share Image
“Strategic Thinking deals with discovering novel, rewriting the rules of the competitive game.” — Pearl Zhu Copy Share Image
Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“In this book, we will naturally be dealing primarily with the manifestations of the third level of immunity. I gather material on… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
