I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing. — Maxwell Perkins Copy Share Image
I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and when he is dead we rate them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was a boy in the late 1950s, the public library refused to stock books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. They were… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“If you would like to know more about me look to the pages of my books and you'll find me in between… — Jim Cherry Copy Share Image
No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
Writing the book was quite therapeutic at times. It's emotional, it's up and down. — Paul Mullin Copy Share Image
I have never written a book that didn't teach me far more than it taught my reader. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
No- I cannot talk of books in a ballroom; my head is always full of something else. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
Do you understand now why books are hated and feared? Because they reveal the pores on the face of life. The comfortable… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I love bookshelves, and stacks of books, spines, typography, and the feel of pages between my fingertips. I love bookmarks, and old… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Such men alone are my readers, my proper readers, my preordained readers. Of what account are the rest? The rest are simply...… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and irritatingly as you can. And the good things will… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
“Drinks were a lot like books, really: it didn’t matter where you were, the contents of a vodka tonic were always more… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“I love the feel of a book. I love the touch and smell and sound of the pages. I love the handling… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“Life is like a book. You read one page at a time, and hope for a good ending.” — J.B. Taylor Copy Share Image
Every author knows what a stimulus it is to have an understanding publisher. — Gisela Richter Copy Share Image
The dumbest childhood vow I ever made was to finish every book I started. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed. — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
How mad would you be if at the end of the harry potter series the author wrote — Anonymous Copy Share Image
