They left no books , Memorial to their lonely thought In grey parishes: rather they wrote On men's hearts and in the… — R. S. Thomas Copy Share Image
I use an e-reader when I'm traveling: I love carrying dozens of books on a small lightweight device, and I'm still amazed… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“Writers, naturally, dream of becoming authors. Authors dream of writing a bestseller. Bestselling authors want to write more bestsellers. And everyone hopes… — Amy Hill Hearth Copy Share Image
When we learn to read, it's a real product of civilization and a civilized society. It affects your brain. It affects the… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Many people are partial to the notion that . . . all writers are somehow mere vessels for Truth and Beauty when… — Paul Collins Copy Share Image
“Do you know why the characters in my book look like us?” “Pure coincidence?” he asked with a smile. “Because I was… — N.M. Silber Copy Share Image
Orwell wasn't right about where society was in 1984. We haven't turned into that sort of surveillance society. But that may be,… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
I have an oddball sense of humor. So when there was an episode at a comic book convention-of course they end up… — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. ... Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
A book came out recently written by scientists and environmentalists that made me so angry. It said the only thing we have… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“It must be though on you not being able to read, but it's not the end of the world. You might not… — Haruki Murakami 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
“It is my job to create universes, as the basis of one novel after another. And I have to build them in… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
“Having to amuse myself during those earlier years, I read voraciously and widely. Mythic matter and folklore made up much of that… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“In the end I decided to hold onto the book, my thought being that his story was a unique one, and so… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
I am a voracious reader myself. I don't stick to one genre. My only criteria is that it's a good story. I… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Unable to reach back to her book bag, she was reduced to reading the advertising cards above the heads of other passengers.… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
I have long admired the visceral storytelling and moral complexity of John Vaillant’s brilliant non-fiction about humankind’s tragically ambivalent relationship with the… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
You want to say the thing that will drive everybody in the direction you want to go. But as a writer you… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“When I pick up a book and read it, I want to be transported. I want to be taken someplace that I… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
The R.I.P.D. picture is like a graphic novel, I guess. I don't know if it's like a typical kind of comic book.… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
“I spent more time than was strictly necessary in the plush red corridors of the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi. For some reason,… — Katie Roiphe Copy Share Image
“Wounded and nearly blind with fear, I clung to the Scriptures: 'Ask and you shall receive...' 'Pray without ceasing...' 'I will do… — Ron Hall Copy Share Image
There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“That brings me to the real reason for the title: Where does that which happens during reading a book take place? (...)… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
“She was a luxuriously made woman, with her velvety skin and curly auburn hair, and her decidedly voluptuous figure... and he was… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“... Few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I'm in a comic book now. That was cool. That's something that I'm still sorta reeling about, 'cause I read comics as… — Rutina Wesley Copy Share Image
I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Now it's dedicated to my grandparents and to both of my parents. The first book was dedicated to my mother so I… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“The real measure of 'truth' in any novel is not whether the characters, places and events portrayed exist beyond the pages of… — Graeme Macrae Burnet Copy Share Image
“Why should every pregnant woman be expected to read the same book? Or any book? Being pregnant isn't that complicated. What to… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
“Currently, the Library of Congress houses eighteen million books. American publishers add another two hundred thousand titles to this stack each year.… — Tony Reinke Copy Share Image
I think at this point I only write books about questions I really want to figure out. They're indulgences, essentially. I think,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Having DID is, for many people, a very lonely thing. If this book reaches some people whose experiences resonate with mine and… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talk that would… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Learn those helpful truths by pondering the Book of Mormon and other scriptures. Try to understand those teachings not only with your… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
