All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Books are like imprisoned souls until someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.” — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“Books! And cleverness! There are more important things — friendship and bravery and —” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A Positive Attitude makes a Powerful Mind." --Mrs. Pike from The Babysitters' Club book Hello, Mallory ” — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects! — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
I did modern English and American literature at Kent University, with no Chaucer and no Middle English: a perfect course. — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
“An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It is important to find a publisher and equally important not to be noticed until your third or fourth book. — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“This was the kiss I had waited for so long - a kiss born by the river of our childhood, when we… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The ordering of events is in the right direction: technological advances in publishing, the mass production of books, the expansion of literacy,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“I'm going to tell you something important. Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of… — Frederick Sanger Copy Share Image
“In crisp, clean prose Amy Reed places the reader right into the heart and mind and life of a girl who makes… — M. Sindy Felin Copy Share Image
“The policemen agreed they were living with a most peculiar fellow. One moment he was reading classical literature in the original French… — Ben MacIntyre Copy Share Image
If I had an author superpower, I would like to have the ability to stop time for everyone else. I feel like… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Saving Lives and Protecting Rights in Translation It is said that life and death are under the power of language. —Hélène Cixous,… — Nataly Kelly Copy Share Image
I love 19th-century Russian literature, the avant garde, the Soviet period. — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
These are my wakeup cupcakes, some anti-depressants and a cellphone book. — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book. — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books. — Jamie Campbell Bower Copy Share Image
I like to read. I like to spend time on the Net. I like to watch movies. — Arbaaz Khan Copy Share Image
