“There is an old-fashioned distinction between the novel of character and the novel of incident, which must have cost many a smile… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“They say that love has never been immortal. That it is only the songs, books, and movies which instill this thought in… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
“Books are not holy relics,' Trefusis had said. 'Words may be my religion, but when it comes to worship, I am very… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also read against… — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
“Verbal thinkers tend to be very good at learning languages and are interested in words and literature. They often have an extensive… — Casey "Remrov" Vormer Copy Share Image
I've never written a book with the intention of winning someone back or getting back at someone or anything like that. It's… — Jeffrey Brown Copy Share Image
I had a period when I read Nobel Prize winners. I figured they had to be good. I discovered some people I… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
Mainstream rabbis essentially closed the book on dreams by the sixth century, and Church fathers established that only certain saints have the… — Rodger Kamenetz Copy Share Image
Part of my methodological approach is made explicit when I discuss ways in which literature can have philosophical significance. Literature doesn't typically… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“It seemed to us philosophically self-evident that suicide was every free person's right: a logical act when faced with illness or senility;… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“Have you ever been reading a book and found yourself having to pause for a second and read a certain part again… — Emily May Copy Share Image
I read 'The Hobbit' while at school. It was OK; can't really remember too much from there, other than the fact I… — Mark Hadlow Copy Share Image
“dear reader, but with this swing set, your child(ren) will be introduced to the ups and downs of human life gently and… — John Green Copy Share Image
In the Making Of book ["300"] there's a guy named Victor Davis Hanson who is a a frickin genius. He's a Greek… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
I want people to laugh with me and Paraguay and Newfoundland, but I don't want to laugh at them. I hope in… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
When we were first offered a book deal prior to Avon's, they were trying to get us to change it from the… — Kenny Loggins Copy Share Image
“Although many reviews have compared my novels to those written by Garrison Keillor, Phil Gulley, or Jan Karon, I personally try to… — Gail Fraser Copy Share Image
Any writer takes inspiration from what they read and watch, and over their career works on forming their own voice. I think… — Tim Lebbon Copy Share Image
You dont know what goes on in anyones life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a persons… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
Times have changed since a certain author was executed for murdering his publisher. They say that when the author was on the… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“And since a novel has this correspondence to real life, its values are to some extent those of real life. But it… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
For years I've wanted to write a book about mummies, and had been following the science of mummy CT scans when the… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap… — Sandra Bernhard Copy Share Image
I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
When I write a book... it's the same essential approach to music as with books. It has to be something I want… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the pages of the book its burned. Place and time… — Avenged Sevenfold Copy Share Image
And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you this: you'll… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants.… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“I don't understand." "How can you not understand?" He pointed at her books. "You read novels. Obviously, I'm here to rescue you.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Books seem to me to be pestilent things, and infect all that trade in them...with something very perverse and brutal. Printers, binders,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“He never read a book but often thought about God; it was unavoidable, a matter of simplicity and awe. The starry sky,… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Books are the food of the soul. Good and wholesome food given to a hungry body will nourish it, but if the… — Anthony Mary Claret Copy Share Image
“And she was funny and beautiful and she liked the same books, the same music, and she wanted everything I did, was… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“Some people read for instruction, which is praiseworthy, and some for pleasure, which is innocent, but not a few read from habit,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
As every newspaper reader, liberal activist, or parliamentary junkie knows, the overarching barrier to most of Obama's agenda is the abuse of… — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
Live the way you want Every relationship has its own story. It might be good or might be bad.. .. . It… — Live The Way You Want Copy Share Image
I often compare myself as a kid to my own grandchildren, who are around 11 and 14 now. That's the age kids… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
in a sense much great literature is subversive, since its very existence implies that what matters is art, imagination, and truth. In… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image