“Dust accumulated on the book has no power to change its story.” — Sohil Ashvin Shah Copy Share Image
“Rather than turning the page, it's much easier to just throw the book away.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“We're nothing more than dust jackets for books, of no significance otherwise.” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“—any parent who kicks their kid out of their home just for being gay makes them butt monkeys in my book.” — Zoe Lynne Copy Share Image
There are many things behind a good novel, but in particular there is a lot of work - a lot of patience,… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“She remembered the day that she first realized she would never be able to read every book in the world," said John… — About Blaize Clement Copy Share Image
If you don't read, I don't know how to communicate with you...I can never express who I am in my own words… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
My springboard is always the script. Even if the script is taken from a novel, I often haven't read the novel... — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Either god should have written a book to fit my brain, or he should have made my brain to fit his book. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
While the novel-writer aims at an eminently natural method of transcription, the author of the short story adopts a very artificial one — Henry Seidel Canby Copy Share Image
Just like writers can have a lot of different styles, so can readers. It's hard to pigeonhole book buyers. — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
“Since the time of Voltaire and two-chamber Government, which is at bottom simply distrust and personal self-examination, and gives the popular mind… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
“Japan is the first nation in the world to accord 'comic books'--originally a 'humorous' form of entertainment mainly for young people--nearly the… — frederik l. schodt Copy Share Image
“Books are supposed to give a helping hand to humanity’s progress, not to instruct humanity how to progress. Plato wrote his books… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There are a lot of words that I knew first as a reader, and I never put the pieces together in my… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
“Spooky Twisties: All things Spooky, here begin They lay and wait, in books within. They sometimes pass, in open space. Then leave… — Terri Bertha Copy Share Image
“Storytelling is a creative way to engage a young child who is not ready to read books. Imagination is the key to… — Cassie Pope Copy Share Image
“I think of literature,' she wrote, 'as a vast country to the far borders of which I am journeying but will never… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
It was unimaginable what happens to you when you get known for a book that everybody reads, or that everybody has heard… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image