I had hundreds of books under my skin already. Not selected reading, all of it. Some of it could be called trashy.… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
“I love to read, but all through school I hated it when books were pulled apart and analyzed. Winnie-the-pooh as a political… — Susanna Kearsley Copy Share Image
“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end it's about enriching the lives… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I do have trouble starting books. I have ideas that I have trouble starting to write. But I'm the kind of person… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe in previous lives and the Muse—and that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
When I go to buy a book, I always ask if it is right for me at this time, something I need… — Echo Bodine Copy Share Image
My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
What public health really is is a trust. That's why I used the term 'Betrayal of Trust' as the title of my… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
“Also, I've spent an entire week without reading any books or talking about them too loudly. I'm learning to work my apparat's… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
We rehearsed for two weeks [in "Fences"], and we taped out the whole house in the front, and the rooms, and we… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
A masterly analysis of how political interests, economic circumstances, development strategies, and local history have shaped what are surprisingly different versions of… — Nancy Birdsall Copy Share Image
Is not this insanity plea becoming rather common? Is it not so common that the reader confidently expects to see it offered… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“In my living room there are two large bookcases, each one eight feet tall, and they have about five hundred books between… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Suddenly the full long wail of a ship's horn surged through the open window and flooded the dim room - a cry… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
In fantasy stories we learn to understand the differences of others, we learn compassion for those things we cannot fathom, we learn… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism. The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human… — Tristan Tzara Copy Share Image
After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
“the refugees leave a refuge, enter a refuge run to the windows, what they see makes them move on, they move, refuge… — Hélène Cixous Copy Share Image
I have a low opinion of books: they are piles of stones set up to show coming travelers where other minds have… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“hey its Uberunicorn here, im uploading my accountant for the first time! :D yay! im only uploading the books ive read in… — Robert Muchamore Copy Share Image
“Now and then there are readings that make the hairs on the neck, the non-existent pelt, stand on end and tremble, when… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Oliver...' 'What?' 'I do like you.' 'But?' 'I just don't want you to think that I'm... that is, I'm really not looking… — Susanna Kearsley Copy Share Image
“As you progress through this book, however, you will discover that our gender-specific differences are actually by God’s design. Furthermore, when understood… — Laura Gallier Copy Share Image
Well, I was always really mature for my age. I'm an above-age reader. I'm not trying to come off like, 'I have… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
“I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
I've been doing short-form writing for a decade, and six years ago I signed with an agent, and we've been working on… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
“To extend the digital metaphor, both rivals must also reconsider the fitness of their apps for the twenty-first century. In his book… — Graham Allison Copy Share Image
Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
The New Testament is an invaluable book, though I confess to having been slightly prejudiced against it in my very early days… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I shall tell you what I believe. I believe God is a librarian. I believe that literature is holy...it is that best… — Sarah Smith Copy Share Image
“Her profession? Ah! as to that, English readers, try not to be too severe. Russia is a great, but hard mistress, who… — Emmuska Orczy Copy Share Image
Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious… — Frederick Reines Copy Share Image
The young man who has the combination of the learning of books with the learning which comes of doing things with the… — William S. Knudsen Copy Share Image
Primate books are good for us. They remind us that we're primates, too. And the embarrassing primate books are best. Macachiavellian Intelligence… — Michael Bywater Copy Share Image
I'm still happy with the way Einstein's Dreams came out. That book came out of a single inspiration. I really felt like… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes heroes were found between the pages of a book, and sometimes they stood on a hill, their checkered togas fluttering in… — Leylah Attar Copy Share Image
![“We rehearsed for two weeks [in "Fences"], and we taped out the whole house in the front, and the rooms, and we stood it up like a play. We tried to get off book and gave people small props.” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cde/denzel-washington-1345_book_we-rehearsed-for-two-weeks-in-fences-and_1944054.jpg)
