On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I read little nonfiction, but I have no boundaries about the fiction I relish. The only unfailing criterion is that I can… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“All morning I struggled with the sensation of stray wisps of one world seeping through the cracks of another. Do you know… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“Whatever junk novels were, however they worked, they were close to therapy, and airports were close to therapy. They both belonged to… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder for an author that's unpublished to say, 'Hey, here's a new book.' There's nothing of theirs to read,… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
“Having found the book which has a message for us, let us not be guilty of the folly of saying we have… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
I'm an imperfect person. I've let anger, jealousy, all the emotions, get the best of me. If I go into books, word… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
When I was five I learned to read. Books were a miracle to me - white pages, black ink, and new worlds… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I like to work in the morning, usually from 7-12, and still always hope to do more later. At the end of… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“ ubiquitous , adj . When it’s going well, the fact of it is everywhere. It’s there in the song that shuffles… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“I am the most tired woman in the world. I am tired when I get up. Life requires an effort I cannot… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
People are often surprised that I am so upbeat. I'm always hearing, 'You're so light and funny, and your books are so… — John Searles Copy Share Image
My role is to promote the authors image and their new books. I'm also brought on board when the author is "between… — Tom Robinson Copy Share Image
Writing is writing. It's an abiding, wonderful talent, craft, gift that stays with you your whole life. And you can go in… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people out there who will write books, in which everything turns out nicely and the bad guys… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“As Westergren says, we are narrowing our taste, reducing the music or books or clothes or people that might widen our horizons.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I have no respect for the right-to-life position, though I have every respect for an individual who says, "I could never have… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Ever since I was young, 14 or 15, I wondered if you could write a book that combined the visceral thrill of… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“These were times when the sheer splendour of language and the boundless potential of the human imagination to transcend the inexorable, horrendous… — M.J. Nicholls Copy Share Image
The barbarians, who possessed no books, no secular knowledge, no education, except in the schools of the clergy, and who had scarcely… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“And while self-love each jealous writer rules, Contending wits become the sport of fools: But still the worst with most regret commend,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
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“A large number of houses deserve to be burnt, most modern furniture, an overwhelming majority of pictures and books - one might… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that, we were involved in a game with… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
“As it happens, there are many reasons why I don’t have children: I am very good at birth control; though I love… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I think we are afraid of each other when it comes to sex, because we read so much about sex, we talk… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I do not allow fan-fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan-fiction with my characters. I… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
A novel it's different. It's kind of exhilarating not to have to cut to the bone constantly. Oh, well I can go… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I had wanted to be a writer for a very long time, but I had no talent for finishing books. I would… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I'm quite a good reader of people; I like to meet people, and I can tell if they're lying or not, and… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
“Besides that, Sebastian liked books —all kinds. He loved fiction, non-fiction, big picture art books, the smell, the feel, and the potential… — Amy Lane Copy Share Image
“Humor to me, Heaven help me, takes in many things. There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“I will never go back. For the simple reason that all the Russia I need, after all, is with me--always with me.… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Books that have become classicsbooks that have hadtheir day and now get more praise than perusalalways remind me of retired colonels and… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
“In the movie I was played by an actor who actually looked more like me than the character the author portrayed in… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“Some years ago I had a conversation with a man who thought that writing and editing fantasy books was a rather frivolous… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
When I was a kid my primary goal in life was to find a book that was alive. Not alive in the… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
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