Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
“In this place called Hell novels are written by people who don't read books.” — Andy Seven Copy Share Image
There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true! — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
When I have the Bible memorised, then I'll be able to go and read a couple other books. — Stephen Baldwin Copy Share Image
I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Readers want what is important to be clearly laid out; they will not read what is too troublesome. — Jan Tschichold Copy Share Image
I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
The only complete reading is that which transforms the book into a simultaneous network of reciprocal relations. — Jean Rousset Copy Share Image
The liberty, prosperity, and the happiness of our country will always be the object of my most fervent prayers to the Supreme… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm not really a reader, but every Thursday and Friday I read my Boxing News. I read the papers every day, but… — James DeGale Copy Share Image
My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“What I worry about most is the loss to young people. If no one speaks out for them, if they don't speak… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“underwater cities, and robot personal assistants. From the 1930s on, science fiction pulp magazines and comic books promised us that by the… — James Kakalios Copy Share Image
“If you're from New Jersey,” Nathan had said, “and you write thirty books, and you win the Nobel Prize, and you live… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Through reading, I escaped the bad parts of my life in the South Bronx. And, through books, I got to travel the… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
If you want to be a well-paid copywriter, please your client. If you want to be an award-winning copywriter, please yourself. If… — Steve Hayden Copy Share Image
This book out-lives, out-loves, out-fits, out-lasts, out-reaches, out-runs, and out-ranks all books. This book is faith producing. It is hope awakening. It… — Arcturus Z. Conrad Copy Share Image
I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
“An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.” — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
It's better to have your nose in a book, than in someone else's business . — Adam Stanley Copy Share Image
It took me six novels before I felt confident of my voice as a writer, — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism. — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
“You can’t plot murder like a novel. There are always loose ends in real life.” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day. — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
