There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
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The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“She sighed and looked at him sympathetically. 'Cool flame tricks aside, there's no competition.' He lifted his eyebrow. 'Library wins?' 'Every single… — Elizabeth Hunter Copy Share Image
I think America is really well-positioned, because we do train people to be creative and sometimes resist authority, which helps in being… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
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I like to read, and I like dance. I don't dance, but I like to see other people dance. — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
Almost all of my many passionate interests, and my many changes of mind, came through books. Books prompted the many vows I… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Someone once pointed out that there are quite a lot of animals in my books, and I'm sure that is something to… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
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I wanted to write a book about the stories, ones that you sit around and tell your friends. — Sean Payton Copy Share Image
..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“[E]very man hath liberty to write, but few ability. Heretofore learning was graced by judicious scholars, but now noble sciences are vilified… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I am certain a great many believers and bible readers do believe in social justice. — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
'The Observer's Very Short List' is another example of how the Observer Media Group offers its readers the most cutting-edge information, available… — Jared Kushner Copy Share Image
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Whether a character in your novel is full of choler, bile, phlegm, blood or plain old buffalo chips, the fire of life… — James Alexander Thom Copy Share Image
Not to any really influential effect, but certainly there have been comments that have surprised me. It's surprising sometimes to get particular… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
You have to sink way down to a level of hopelessness and desperation to find the book that you can write. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Freedom to tell any story I want, with all the imaginary tools of my trade, is why I love writing novels. I… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
I know the Pollock novel. Read it last year and liked it. Daniel Woodrell is awesome. I especially like the book Winter's… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
My favorite aspect of being an author has always been visiting different communities and meeting my readers face to face. — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
Some time all kinds of letters will be published to the ineffable delight of endless readers. — Alice B. Toklas Copy Share Image
I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books. — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to go and do something different. I'll just disappear and write a couple of books, and then go back… — Vic Reeves Copy Share Image
We range widely, we readers of fiction, but I think we all need a home. Mine is science fiction. It's my home… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“Books, by their very nature and variety, help us grow in empathy for others, in tolerance and awareness. But they should increase… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“And then you find yourself living what you never imagined. ~ Author Unknown” — Inglath Cooper Copy Share Image
It became a question of taste. I have a certain taste in art history. And that - I had a huge library… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Infinitesimal braggadocio I'm but since you most likely don't understand me with using big words I use small words to say I… — MrAwesome Copy Share Image
People make me key chains... someone attached a Dauntless symbol to a silver pen. That one is what I use to sign… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
All good children's books, I think, address metaphysical issues in some kind of way. — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
Leadership belongs to all of us. I'm a big believer in John Maxwell, a leadership speaker and author, who talks about the… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
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