I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder… — Leo Lionni Copy Share Image
I was told at first that being different was a bad thing. Everywhere I went, it was just, 'You're too different'... And… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
A writer is someone who tells you one thing so someday he can tell his readers another thing: what he was thinking… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“She sorts out her lipstick with a glance in the hall mirror, her free hand simultaneously pointing out rogue books and magazines… — Rebecca Sparrow Copy Share Image
“Banning books is tricky business, Vin—the more stink the Ministry makes about a text, the more attention it will draw, and the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
My one aim and concentrated purpose shall be and is to show that women can learn, can reason, can compete with men… — M. Carey Thomas Copy Share Image
“We might think we know how we are being affected by the media—a book, a movie, a TV series. Ironically, this so-called… — Anthony Gierzynski Copy Share Image
I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps… — John Green Copy Share Image
'Marley Dias Gets It Done - And So Can You' is a book about how girls who are 10 and up -… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
I'm a fictional monogamist - I can only work on one thing at a time - but each novel starts growing in… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I think fatalism and redemption are themes that help a reader organize and eventually "own" a story or character. Writing them, I… — Linden MacIntyre Copy Share Image
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality, they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Up there in my little room I was reading revolutionary works and had the feeling that the whole world might explode at… — Ernesto Sabato Copy Share Image
“The whole book is posing a question. You think you've won a war - what you've done is finish a war. There… — William Golding Copy Share Image
I dedicate this novel to Gala, who was constantly by my side while I was writing it, who was the good fairy… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
We need to actually teach kids that books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat every bit on your plate. It's… — Jackie French Copy Share Image
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
It's interesting with my blog, because it feels to me less like a blog and more like a forum, because my readers… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices and a collection of the most paltry… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“I haven’t had any adventures. Things have happened to me, events, incidents, anything you like. But not adventures. It isn’t a matter… — Jean-Paul Sarte Copy Share Image
I was quite depressed two weeks ago when I spent an afternoon at Brentano's Bookshop in New York and was looking at… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Standing as a witness in all things means all things - big things, little things, in all conversations, in jokes, in games… — Margaret D. Nadauld Copy Share Image
“You want to get your book to press. You rush it through. Revision number twenty—done. Do you really need twenty more? Yes.… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“So here you are now, ready to attack the first lines of the first page. You prepare to recognize the unmistakable tone… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in writing prose. I doubt anything will come of that, but I like the idea of creating things… — Alex G Copy Share Image
I dont like any of them, because they don't read the books. In Kiss Me Deadly my story is better than his… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
“We all overlay our feelings with too much thinking. We are afraid of our feelings because they are arbitrary and volatile, and… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
A writer who wishes to be read by posterity must not be averse to putting hints which might give rise to whole… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
M. J. Putney has created true magic with this book, the kind that comes when you curl up in a comfortable armchair… — Catherine Asaro Copy Share Image
Even books are nurses, medicines are nurses. But we must work to bring about the time when man shall recognise his mastery… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Knowing that books are something that is hidden, that almost has that alchemical quality to it. There is a secret society in… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I don't really deal with the attention I receive to be honest. I build up a fantasy world around me that I… — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
If I give someone flowers, what will they really do with it. If I take food, the person could be diabetic... But… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
“No other writer ever achieved such a direct transference of self to paper. The Book of Disquiet is the world’s strangest photograph,… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
He trailed off as he saw the books. Piles and stacks of them beside the sofa, another stack on the coffee table,… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
It's interesting - I think superheroes get much more unfair derision. There are so many good superhero books being done. Science fiction… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
Be it a trip to the dentist, getting an injection or even coming home with a good report card, my reward always… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
“Have you ever wanted to learn Geometry, Calculus, Physics, German, and the mystical teachings of Orafoura? Well, now you can! Just not… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The literature of Toni Morrison or Jean Tomer - they're the work and images that have stuck with me. The epic banal… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
Characters to me are like sonnets, they have limits that you obey which allow a force to enter in, an invention that… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
