“I know you all think I'm a magician, but I'm not. The magic comes out of the books themselves, and I have… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
When they were done downloading all the information off each hard drive, they took all the computers, all the literature, and loaded… — Sherman Austin Copy Share Image
“Schools teach kids the greatest love story of all literature is the one where a 19-year-old guy and his 13-year-old girlfriend rack… — Mary Borsellino Copy Share Image
This is beautiful indeed; the colored people have given this to the head of the government, and that government once sanctioned laws… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
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“The characters who go to make up my stories and novels are not portraits. Characters I invent along with the story that… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
It appeared that after first contemplating a book on some subject, and after giving serious preliminary attention to it, I needed a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Most good novelists have been women or homosexuals. The novel is the triumphant evolved creation, one increasingly has to think, of these… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
In a book, you can describe a scene and have any song you want playing on the radio and have any painting… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“being an artist: "And this susceptibility of theirs is doubly unfortunate , I thought, returning again to my original enquiry into what… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Modern literature is a north-east wind--a blight of the human soul. I take credit to myself for having helped to make it… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
“Like its author, this book is dedicated to Jen Schwalbach - the gorgeous mother of my child, the seductive temptress who keeps… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
[Tom] Wolfe's books offered a whole new world to step into, and whilst at times you could accuse him of being somewhat… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I've always played Vash [in the Sausage Party]. I played him at the table read. We probably did five or six table… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
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In some ways I'm a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I've thought I'd go back to university and do… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
I love other movies that have been made since, but I think more than any comic book movie, 'Superman' just totally seemed… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I've read over 4,000 books in the last 20+ years. I don't know anybody who's read more books than I have. I… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
The distinction between East and West is that the Western novel is very organized, it's very logical, there's a logical progression, there's… — Donald Richie Copy Share Image
I have one room off my kitchen filled with nothing but cookbooks and recipes that are sent to me from around the… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
“Asimov received frequent criticism about his books that they never included aliens or sex, so Asimov included in this book aliens, sex,… — Conor Lastowka Copy Share Image
When its comes to music and books 'OK' is not good enough. We need creative work that floors us! That we can't… — Sean Michael Wilson Copy Share Image
In Leading with Honor, Lee uses gripping stories from the POW camps to engage the reader and teach invaluable principles of leadership.… — William R. Looney III Copy Share Image
“Nothing is a greater obstacle to our progress in knowledge, than a bad performance of a celebrated author; because, before we instruct… — Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“What they display, these students who don't arrive in the reading room until nine, or even later, is a kind of daring.… — Hanne Ørstavik Copy Share Image
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The instruction we find in books is like… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
David Corbett has combined his unique talents as a gifted writer and an extraordinary teacher to create a superb resource on character… — Sheldon Siegel Copy Share Image
My favorite book in the Bible is always Proverbs because it's where you can find wisdom for no matter what you're going… — Torii Hunter Copy Share Image
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Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
“Is it in the book?” I asked as I exchanged a look with both men. “Only you can tell me that. I… — Rose Pressey Copy Share Image
I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and… — Alan Lomax Copy Share Image
I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Stories are hard. I have friends who knock out stories on a weekly or monthly basis, like they're running on medicinal-strength Updike.… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
It takes a long time to write a book. I'm not going to spend that much time trying to deliver a message.… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image