“Greetings again, dear reader! So we've come to the third book in the James Potter series, and things are about to change… — G. Norman Lippert Copy Share Image
“Let’s see.’ She fiddles with her terminal and the room card reader. ‘You’re in 403 and 404. Have a nice day.' I… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Theater roles are written by the great masters. The greatest literature that you can possibly know are the theater roles like King… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
What does literature do for me? I think I solve problems in my writing. They may be my problems, but perhaps others… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
“There was nothing like the smell of books, particularly old books—that magical combination of oaky aged paper, the rich robustness of leather,… — H.Y. Hanna Copy Share Image
“For the information of these “friends” who consider themselves called to defend against us the role of the Bolsheviks in the October… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“Kafka said, A book must be an axe for the frozen sea inside us, which sounds great, but what good is an… — Matt Rasmussen Copy Share Image
I'm always writing new books so I don't dwell on the ones I've already done. I think that's a habit from being… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Time helps, it is slow and it is painful but it works. Talking helps. Going out with other people, seeing friends... He'll… — Khat Leen Copy Share Image
“The book says in two months we can be speaking at a third grade level.' 'Third grade? That's for kids. Baby level.'… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
I suppose I've always been attracted to this sort of outsider in general - in literature, in music, politics, whatever - and… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
If you're too scared to put your dreams, thoughts, desires, fantasies on paper and share them with the world, then being an… — P. C. Cast Copy Share Image
All I had when I began writing the first book was rather vague images conjured up by the notion of a man… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Jury trials are really nothing more than poorly written stage plays. You’ve got two authors writing opposing narratives and a director who… — Elizabeth L. Silver Copy Share Image
...a nation could change its way of life, its history, its technology, its art, literature, and culture, but it would never have… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“the many hours Amy and I spent there, she sitting on the bank reading from a book of poems or some dreary… — L.A. Meyer Copy Share Image
I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“When ... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class in America," ... It is if I… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
One of the things that's good for me is that I can go from one art form to another. Because I think… — Rebecca Miller Copy Share Image
Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“I don’t know where you got the idea that the quality of a novel should be judged by the likability of its… — John Green Copy Share Image
No one in a novel by Virginia Woolf ever filled up the petrol tank of her car. No one in Hemingway's postwar… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Alec Nevala-Lee comes roaring out of the gate with a novel that's as thrilling as it is thought-provoking, as unexpected as it… — Jesse Kellerman Copy Share Image
My decision to view the world through novels, as it were, which is a typically European way of looking at things, became… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Your inspiration is better if it comes from many different sources and your sensibilities will transform all those influences and inspiration into… — Peter Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I suppose as long as novels last, and authors aim at interesting their public, there must always be in the story a… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
A Christian philosophy of literature begins with the same agenda of issues that any philosophy of literature addresses. Its distinctive feature is… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
“Fine buildings, fine pictures and books and everything that is beautiful are certainly signs of civilization. But an even better sign is… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
“their book Information Rules, Haas School of Business Professor Carl Shapiro and Google Chief Economist Hal Varian claim that “the profits you… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
Literature, properly so called, draws its sap from the deep soil of human nature's common and everlasting sympathies, the gathered leaf-mound of… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
I didn't read comics, growing up. I watched a lot of movies, and those were my comic books. And then, my exposure… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“I think I should learn to get along better with people," he explained to Miss Benson one day, when she came upon him in… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Books of quotation are not only of importance to the reader for what they contain of matured thought, but also for what… — Maturin Murray Ballou Copy Share Image
There are places and spaces for black writers to write about race as a central thing. It's important. We're still dealing with… — Kwame Alexander Copy Share Image
The Mexican people I know seem to respect the country in a way that many spoiled brats who were born here don't.… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
“I'm S. Theodora Markson," she said. "I'm Lemony Snicket," I said, and handed her an envelope I had in my Pocket. Inside… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“The art teacher's scarlet book was called Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille. 'As the title suggests,' Mr Dunwoody saw the… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I think bridges have a special meaning in our life. I think a book is a bridge. Any type of art is… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
