Then I celebrated my Wall of Books. I counted the volumes on my twenty-foot-long modernist bookshelf to make sure none had been… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Besides," he said breezily, "were it not for misunderstandings, we would be sadly lacking in great literature." She looked at him questioningly.… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
My first book is called 'The New Age Millennium: An Expose of Symbols, Slogans and Hidden Agendas.' When the book first came… — Demond Wilson Copy Share Image
Only when I make movements away from the tribe of indie art and literature. Maybe that's something important for me to keep… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
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It's a really common trap to want your life to live up to some standard that you believe in, and then you… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
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I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I don't want to turn someone away from… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
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To learn anything other than the stuff you find in books, you need to be able to experiment, to make mistakes, to… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
If only you’d remember before ever you sit down to write that you’ve been a reader long before you were ever a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are days now where I think, "Oh man, that would've been a great entry," but I'm putting the pen down until… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I'm finished with a theme, I'm generally… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
In my own experience with films, books, plays, TV, I don't want somebody telling me what it means, because I think I… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
“There may even be a real relation between certain kinds of effectiveness in literature and totalitarianism in politics. But although the fictions… — Frank Kermode Copy Share Image
“Yet it is the masculine values that prevail. Speaking crudely, football and sport are ‘important’; the worship of fashion, the buying of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Have you ever happened, reader, to feel that subtle sorrow of parting with an unloved abode? The heart does not break, as… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Science fiction is not a genre that has much respect in China. Critics have long been discouraged from paying attention to the… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“I think the Bible is largely an amazing and beautiful book of fictional stories from which we can glean the most wholesome… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
“Literature interprets the world, but it's also shaped by that world, and we're living through one of the greatest economic and technological… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
In Donald Trump, the left has found the one crime they're willing to prosecute to the fullest: The events of January 6… — Will Cain Copy Share Image
Whether you're an unpublished novelist or a sixteen-time New York Times bestselling author, you can always improve your craft. You can always… — Robert Dugoni Copy Share Image
One of the things I always underscore when I teach criticism is that young critics, or would be critics, frequently have this… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
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“The author of IRR, who worshipped the King, said he had the valor of Hector, the magnanimity of Achilles, the liberality of… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Art, literature, and philosophy are attempts to found the world anew on a human freedom: that of the creator; to foster such… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“I define influence simply as literary love, tempered by defense. The defenses vary from poet to poet. But the overwhelming presence of… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“The book was not new. Dates were stamped on the front endpaper, in and out dates. A rent book. A lending library… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Why do you like books so much?” he asked. Miles answered without taking his face away from the window. “You never know… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
'The Luminaries' is such a different book to 'The Rehearsal.' There are only a couple of things that link the two books:… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
God wants you to understand the Word of God. The Bible is not a mystery book. It's not a book of philosophy.… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that you should really stop concerning yourself with writing a book because anyone can write a… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
“An oft-quoted statistic from the [United Nations] reports is that the amount of literature translated into Spanish in a single year exceeds… — The Economist Copy Share Image
I love this book! Cathy Malkasian's Percy Gloom swirls with echoes of cartoon landscapes from the past and present. You can almost… — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
For many years I wanted to be a rock star but of course that didn't work out. I did however write on… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
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