“Books. I am attracted and repelled; books are conversations that are not addressed to me and I want to sneak up and… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I never read a horse book in my life. But I thought that's what my friends were reading and that's what I… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
We were quite a middle class family, but we had access to all the good things in life, be it books or… — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I have no personal experience in the military. All I know about it is what I've seen in movies and read in… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
“For a writer it was perhaps most important not to write, but to read. Read as much as you can because in… — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
“So, my good father, you go and write the order to burn that book, as your church requires of you. And I… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Timothy grabbed his squealing, tearful wife and spun her around the room. Then he read the letter again just to be sure… — Barbara Casey Copy Share Image
The size of a man's income has considerable effect on his access to the world beyond his neighborhood. With money he can… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
As populations crowd toward the ocean's edge and the sea encroaches menacingly toward the land, John R. Gillis looks at the history… — Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Copy Share Image
“You, Book! You are the only one who won't deceive, won't attack, won't insult, won't abandon! You're quiet - but you laugh,… — Tatyana Tolstaya Copy Share Image
“I was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never heard of. They were perhaps the only… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“The presentation scene itself we skip. It is not a good idea to interrupt the narrative too often, since storytelling works by… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Put your hand on your heart to keep it from flying off to the lovely magical literary island Mary Ann Shaffer and… — Kris Radish Copy Share Image
I did an audiobook for 'Rough Crossings,' which I thought was one of the best books I had published. But it was… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
“But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean. Blue, green,… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Are you by yourself, darling? I can’t bear the thought of you dying alone. No, mum, I’m with my friend. I’m with… — Charlie Higson Copy Share Image
Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
To get a presidential tweet from the Commander-in-Chief about a military book that you've written is pretty awesome. And it wouldn't matter… — Harris Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Saint Hilary saith these words plainly in the ninth canon upon Matthew: ‘Faith only justifieth.’ 14 And Saint Basil, a Greek author,… — Gerald Bray Copy Share Image
The kind of stuff I usually read is a bit more on the literary side, like books that I think are influential… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
Before the Olympics, there's always been a part of me that's wanted to write a book about Women's cycling because there isn't… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
Barnes & Noble is able to publish price-reduced non-copyrighted works not so much because it saves the 10 percent to 15 percent… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Different narrative forms naturally lend themselves to different aspects of existence. The novel is ideal for presenting the inner lives of its… — Todd Alcott Copy Share Image
“Between a book's covers there may be passion, bile, mayhem, or murder, but in the quiet spaces where it awaits its fate… — David Abbott Copy Share Image
Human beings need stories, and we're looking for them in all kinds of places; whether it's television, whether it's comic books or… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Have you by any chance an edition of St. Ignatius's treatise against the Gnostics?" he asked in a low clear voice. The… — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
But I can tell you that the issue, on one side, boils down to money - a lot of money. And it… — Sibel Edmonds Copy Share Image
When you learn about stories in school, you get it backward. You start to think 'Oh, the reason these things are in… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I have an English literature degree. I wanted to be the next great American novelist from a very early age, but I… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess… — Berry Gordy Copy Share Image
“Teachers, let me tell you, are born deceivers of the lowest sort, since what they want from life is impossible — time-freed,… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
It is up to us to change laws on the books like 'Stand Your Ground' laws and push elected officials to enact… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
“Hey! Thanks for taking the time to read Trapped in a Video Game: Book Three. I hope you had as much fun… — Dustin Brady Copy Share Image
“Whatcha readin’?” I asked. Atticus turned the book over. “Something of Jem’s. Called The Gray Ghost.” I was suddenly awake. “Why’d you… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Listening to people discussing a novel can be very interesting, if you've read whatever novel is being discussed. No one, it seems,… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“I am beginning to be sorry that I ever undertook to write this book. Not that it bores me; I have nothing… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
I want to be in the Guinness Book of World Records. And I don't have the patience to grow the longest fingernails… — Jessi Combs Copy Share Image
What's interesting about books that take place in the future, even twenty years in the future, is that many of them are… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
