I didn't have picture books - there weren't many around when I was a child. — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“I don't like when people say 'I can't believe I wasted the whole day reading.' Diving into another world to free your… — Chris Stocking Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of just extreme things. Whether it be in movies, books, TV or real life. — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
“If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The Bible is not such a book a man would write if he could, or could write if he would. — Lewis Sperry Chafer Copy Share Image
“The journey is the mystery…the destination the answer. If you don’t have a happy ending yet, you have not finished reading the… — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
Although all days are equally long regardless of the season, some days are long not only seasonally but by rewards they offer. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“It’s not about having a single favorite book—it’s about finding the one that fits the me I want to be on any… — Barb Drummond Copy Share Image
A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
It always sounds kind of trivial, but when I was a kid I was always so impressed by how serious the comic… — Walter Hill Copy Share Image
One of the things that gives me a lot of pleasure about both the solo show and the book is that it… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I've always had a compassion for characters in novels - the sense that they are, whatever they might think, living in a… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
“She herself was a victim of that lust for books which rages in the breast like a demon, and which cannot be… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be… — Amber Le Bon Copy Share Image
The YA category is an entirely new one, and seems to have more to do with readability than with age group or… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
When I start a new novel, I often write 'test chapters' in different tenses and from different points of view in order… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“Because at night when others are sleeping, I drown myself in poetry.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
A man who chooses not to read is just as ignorant as a man who cannot read. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup - mosaics of jokes. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image