I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
Literature in its most comprehensive sense is the autobiography of humanity. — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
The Web critic relies on his or her readers for attentiveness and approval. — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I'm going through the same thing with my daughter now.… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
For 'The Book Thief,' I wanted only one outcome, and that was for the director to follow his own vision, just as… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Too many words for one book--truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor.” — David Benioff Copy Share Image
Authors are often sent a number of books to read for possible review and advance praise. It can be easy for new… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
Be Careful Of Books. Be Careful With Books. Be Careful Or One Can Become A Weapon-Wielder. Be Careful Or One Can Become… — Cai Guo-Qiang Copy Share Image
I've never read a self help book... the most self-help I've read is on a beer mat. — Ophelia Lovibond Copy Share Image
I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
The novelist in me is probably hiding behind all the stories I write, looking for ways to connect them and continue the… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
This is the biggest trick of the sort of thing I write: creating fun, powerful stories with tons of interesting stuff going… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
“In a textbook case of naive empiricism, the author also looked for traits these millionaires had in common and figured out that… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
To be shockingly original with your first novel, you don’t have to discover a new technique: Simply write about people as they… — John Braine Copy Share Image
I hadn't published a book of poetry in over a decade because I've been very ill. As I got better and started… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
“Among the required reading for all PUAs were books on evolutionary theory: The Red Queen by Matt Ridley, The Selfish Gene by… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
And she understood, all by herself, without reading it in a novel or hearing it on a radio program, that falling passionately… — Paulette Jiles Copy Share Image
The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Science and literature are both ways to ask questions about why we're here. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.” — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there. — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
What is more important than reading books; is reading people's faces. — Anis Mansour Copy Share Image
