I come at it from a different angle of attack with each novel, searching for the technological texture the story demands. There… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading.… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God,… — Mattie Stepanek Copy Share Image
“When we see, we do so many things: we experience what is happening in a direct way; we discover something we never… — Donis A. Dondis Copy Share Image
“Many of Jane Austen's admirers, it is true, read her novels as a means of escape into a cozy sort of Old… — Susannah Carson Copy Share Image
In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous,… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a nerd when it comes to literature and theory. I wish I could have more of that in life,… — Elizabeth Olsen Copy Share Image
The only reason why I don't win is because of a bad decision, misjudged the wind, misjudged the read on the greens… — Bryson DeChambeau Copy Share Image
I've been trying to make my bed every day. Every time I wake up, I try and - someone told me there's… — Xander Schauffele Copy Share Image
“I first read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit when I was eighteen. It felt as though the author had… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
Between Malraux, Balzac, and Montaigne, I choose Montaigne. Montaigne will survive all the others, because the essay, meaning direct communication between the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
Korean feminism is on the brink of death. Korea has a less clear boundary between popular literature and serious literature than in… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Everyone has a set of presuppositions: what gender is, what it's not. And they may not write them out or they may… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“This process of con- tinuous alteration was applied not only to newspapers, but to books, periodicals, pamphlets, posters, leaflets, films, sound-tracks, cartoons,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I decided to write Leadership BS because I was irritated by the hypocrisy in the leadership literature and the fact that many… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
I believe that the Bible is to be understood and received in the plain and obvious meaning of its passages; for I… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I've always liked reading books that contain funny lines or situations, and maybe because my work is known chiefly for its violence… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“He who writes books that aim to convince is a comedian, too, just a comedian. What has he got to offer others,… — J.M.G. Le Clézio Copy Share Image
The only way to store information is by agreement. The belief system is like a Book of Law that rules our mind.… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
“She was, after all, no longer Emily Vale, the peculiar girl who preferred books and frogs to gossip and pretty dresses; whom… — Katharine Ashe Copy Share Image
So what Jesus taught must be understood from the deepest level and that is one of the best sayings to show that… — Goswami Kriyananda Copy Share Image
“The trouble with bookshops is that they are as bad as pubs. You start at one and then you drift to another,… — R.T. Campbell Copy Share Image
“More than half a century ago, the classic novels of totalitarianism warned of the domination of screens, the suppression of books, the… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“The other night we talked about literature's elimination of the unessential, so that we are given a concentrated "dose" of life. I… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“You are not to blame, The world's a viscous place, So go on and think how you want, You will not be… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
“You have been reading Byron. You have been marking the passages that seem to approve of your own character. I find marks… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Whatever you want," he said. "Will you please come here now?" I slipped a piece of protective tissue over my drawing and… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“had read a description of this ability to act so well in public in Czeslaw Milosz’s book The Captive Mind, in which… — Emma Larkin Copy Share Image
The fact that for a long time Cubism has not been understood and that even today there are people who cannot see… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I regretted making a comment about Dave Eggers. I’ve never said anything about McSweeneys except that I admire what it is, and… — James Frey Copy Share Image
There are plenty of paths to becoming a writer, but I think the most reliable ones involve total commitment: writing for magazines… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“Young ladies take their notions of our sex from the novels written by their own, and compared with the monstrosities that masquerade… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
To me, a book is a book. A novel is a novel, and you have hundreds of possibilities, options, and they may… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
When you decide that Black history is not a part of American history or when you decide that any book that talks… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
I sold a book six years after I left an MFA program. In between, there was a lot of endurance of poverty… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
“Something not going well, Mr. Boxley?" The novelist looked back at him in thunderous silence. "I read your letter," said Stahr. The… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise? Great, great question. In the world of writing, everyone… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
