“Kalo nggak nulis, ya baca. Kalo nggak baca, ya nonton film saja lah.” — Sylvia L'Namira Copy Share Image
I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers. — Frank Harris Copy Share Image
I wrote my first book in a toilet in a factory where I was a floor sweeper. — Geoff Thompson Copy Share Image
It's hard enough to make a novel a novel. I wouldn't know how to make it something else at the same time — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
I've heard stories about authors filled with this kind of Lotto-winner hubris. I'm a Dutch boy from the Midwest. We don't have… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm sure my first nine years have had a powerful influence on the kind of books I write. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“Words are man's first and most grandiose invention. With language he created a whole new universe;” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Do you read them? Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald?" "Only if I have to. I try to avoid old dead white men.” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work. — Daniel J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Isn't it true that many students do more of facebook than facing their book? You can never cook stones and expect meat. — Abegunde Sunday O Copy Share Image
“We're all—especially those of us who are educated and have read a lot and have watched TV critically—in a very self-conscious and… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco's book Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, where they visit what they… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
“I kissed my fingers,held my palm flat beside my mouth and blew it into the air that surrounded her memory. I closed… — Belinda Jeffrey Copy Share Image
“The Great Gatsby's my favorite book," he says. "F. Scott Fitzgerald dedicated it to Zelda." "His wife?" I say. "Yeah. His crazy-ass… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
That to me was one of the most exciting, and weird puzzles of this book: how are the most religious people and… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
The way my books are structured, everyone was together, then they all went their separate ways and the story deltas out like… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“We need books, and Cheryl’s books in particular, because we are all, in the private kingdom of our hearts, desperate for the… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I was a terrible student. For me, to take a book home was a trial. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
It's so important to read a book before bed and do some weird stretching. — Lady Amelia Windsor Copy Share Image
I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it. — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
“A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
