But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
'An Obedient Father' is perhaps the novel that, some might say, Arundhati Roy had wanted to write when she wrote 'The God… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
BEAUTIFUL is stark, disquieting and, quite simply, riveting. Amy Reed is an author to keep on your radar. — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Everything has already begun before, the first line of the first page of every novel refers to something that has already happened… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Publishing should be a collaboration between authors and their smartest readers — and at some point the distinction should become meaningless, — Nick Denton Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults. — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
I used to write fiction, non-fiction, fiction, non-fiction and have a clear pattern because I'd need a break from one style when… — Zoe Foster Blake Copy Share Image
I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
There's still nothing like a book to really make you feel like you've disappeared into a world. — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
A novel requires a certain kind of world building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Be sure then to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What really annoys me are the ones who write to say, I am doing your book for my final examinations and could… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
So it was this multi-perspective, multi-character book, and it went through all of these different manifestations. I'm not sure there was a… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
“To close read is to linger, to dally, to take pleasure in tarrying, and to hold out that these activities can allow… — Elizabeth Freeman Copy Share Image
“Markets are not just about the steam engine, iron foundries, or today’s silicon-chip factories. Markets also supported Shakespeare, Haydn, and the modern… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“Choosing a color for your paperback book cover feels like entering a mall and seeing a dress you love, just your size,… — Sahara Sanders Copy Share Image
Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit. — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
What I've done is I've started writing a novel, so that's my big adventure. — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something. — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
The people who don't read - who are they? How do they make sense of things? — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
She almost got her HAPPY ENDINg but the author added a twist to her STORY — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I expect she'll walk down the aisle to her groom with a book in her pocket.” — Laurie Alice Eakes Copy Share Image
