“Every author begins as a reader. So, read yourself into authorship.” — Blaque Diamond Copy Share Image
In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. — Patricia Cornwell Copy Share Image
I haven't read a book in my life. I haven't got enough time. I prefer to listen to music, although I do… — Victoria Beckham Copy Share Image
Quoting her mother: The trouble with a book is you never know what's in it until it's too late! — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Pop culture writing is about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Literature is about extraordinary people in ordinary circumstances.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
There are too many good comic book writers out there. I'd rather remain a fanboy. — Simon Kinberg Copy Share Image
Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
“I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored in yet.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page.… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was poor, growing up, because everyone was in the same boat. I couldn't have bikes. It never really… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
There is no book which tells of a more infamous monster than the Old Testament, with its Jehovah of murder and cruelty… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share Image
But suppose it was truth double strong, it were no truth to me if I couldna take it in. I daresay there's… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“Probably this has always been the case: once an action is recounted, for intransitive ends, and no longer in order to act… — Barthes Copy Share Image
Read as much as possible, especially the work of writers who most deeply affect you. Make those writers your family. Never wait… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
Was reading a book. It was about a canary. Every year the canarycomes back with a new song. It never repeats its… — Medeski Martin And Wood Copy Share Image
You must know that in any moment a decision you make can change the course of your life forever: the very next… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
