“Fred Kofman, a former MIT professor and author of Conscious Business” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets. — Edmond Jabes Copy Share Image
The reason truth is stranger than fiction is that truth has a better author. — Stuart Taylor Copy Share Image
I don't know how everyone writes a novel; that sounds exhausting. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
“We need readers,” muttered Daniel Chard. “More readers. Fewer writers.” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
Life, carefully examined, is actually a form of allegorical literature with a very tight constructural grid laid over it. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
You've been reading Gordan's book again, haven't you?" "It's a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride," she mumbled. — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
I do think poetry needs to invite the reader, especially when there are so many other distractions while reading. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Every person is born into life as a blank page and every person leaves life as a full book. — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
For about as long as I've been writing fiction, I've kept a record of the books I've read. — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I've always got a novel under way, but if I try to work on it every day, exclusively, I falter. So I… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
When I was writing my first novel a friend told me I should apply for a grant from the government that was… — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
It's what Kitty Carlisle said in her book: Don't interview people about what they do, interview them about what they love. I… — Mariette Hartley Copy Share Image
“And there are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read becuase they live in… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
“He scanned the page looking for an entry that read, "Help! I'm Almost Thirteen Years Old and I Still Have the Muscles… — Charles Gilman Copy Share Image
Adapting a novel is not really about being faithful to every word and every moment the author has created. It's more about… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
“Einstein said that we only use at most 8% of our brain’s capacity. I know this because one of my favorite things… — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
It's funny, because I don't have a very addictive personality in any way except for things like stories or books or movies… — Mae Whitman Copy Share Image
“Does it matter, when you read, if the person who wrote still lives?” — Michael Gruber Copy Share Image
I have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Novels teach you that actions have consequences. They help you grow up. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Books only change the world if the world is capable of digesting them.” — Luther Blissett Copy Share Image
I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy. — Johann Heinrich Lambert Copy Share Image
The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I read books I hate all the time, and I don't mention them or talk about them. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“The hardest thing about writing a novel is getting it published.” — Marianne Cushing Copy Share Image
