Even the bad books I write are satisfying. I'm my least critical reader. — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
“You have to learn to look at the whole of something, not just the parts.” — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
I would put books on par with chocolate, because a good book is delicious. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
If you're trying to be a successful writer, and you go into a second-hand bookshop, it's the graveyard of people whose books… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I only work on my books at nights and at weekends. It is really just like a hobby. — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with a writer who has a distinct style in book after book, but I am not interested in… — Jay Neugeboren Copy Share Image
I like spaghetti because you don't have to take your eyes off the book to pick about among it, it's all the… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
I tried writing out a plot with the second or third novel I wrote, and it was so boring, so desperately boring. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I want my readers to be disturbed. I want them to ask, 'Could this really happen?' It is my job to think… — Lois Tilton Copy Share Image
“La vida es un libro en blanco y negro y nosotros salimos a llenar unas hojas" Life is a book in white… — Herman Zapp Copy Share Image
Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book… — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“Reader, do you believe that there is such a thing as happily ever after? Or, like Despereaux, have you, too, begun to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
That's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“The more I write stories for young people, and the more young readers I meet, the more I'm struck by how much… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China;… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The man who never lends his books probably remembers how he acquired them. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
I love indices! They are poetry in and of themselves, depending on the book. — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
Literary prizes serve a purpose if they allow for discussion of books. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
I didn't want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad. — David Liss Copy Share Image
