“There are few things I like better in life than getting lost in a good book.” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“The book is a body and your mind will mold to its individual curves much in the way it will to any… — Yxta Maya Murray Copy Share Image
I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There must always be some pretentiousness about literature, or else no one would take its pains or endure its disappointments. — Glenway Wescott Copy Share Image
Books were put out, and 'had a run,' / Like coinage from the mint; / But which could fill the place of… — Phoebe Cary Copy Share Image
Why aren't more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books aren't within everybody's reach. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
...More than almost any current book, DTU will wake the reader from his dogmatic slumbers. It is eminently readable, challenging, and provocative. — John Hospers Copy Share Image
“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I came from the time of so-called New Criticism - the poem in itself, the writing in itself - but around that… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It was like skimming through a novel without fully engaging with the story until a well-turned phrase or powerful bit of imagery… — Karen Witemeyer Copy Share Image
I work from the body - I try to develop a language of the body. I've invented a term I call "corporeal… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
“For women who do too much—which includes, dear publishers, pretty much all the women who have enough disposable income to buy your… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
There are books on our shelves we haven't read and doubtless never will, that each of us has probably put to one… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I've never read a book or attended a class on screenwriting. I'm not opposed to the idea, but I like what I've… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
And then, 'Why is a raven like a writing desk?' Those things just became so important to the character. You realize that… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life's book is hard to understand; Why couldst thou not remain at school?” — Charles Hanson Towne Copy Share Image
If you do not have the time to read, you do not have the time to lead. — Phillip C. Schlechty Copy Share Image
The Internet can be deceiving. Don't believe everything your read. Or you see. — Duncan Robinson Copy Share Image
When I wrote the Anita Hill book I believed everything I wrote was accurate. — David Brock Copy Share Image
