I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end. — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Oh, yes, dear reader: the essay is alive. There is no reason to despair.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Goodbyes hurt when the story is not finished and the book has been closed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always start a book for money. If you're married five times you have to. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“The object of all good literature is to purge the soul of its petty troubles.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
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Most novels I come across have all the excitement of a long trip on a bus with a sensitive glee club. Yammer… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
I've got lots of books sitting here that have never been published because nobody could make any marketing sense of them. — Whitley Strieber Copy Share Image
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The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of. — John Irving Copy Share Image
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When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I used to joke that my next book would be about puppies that have lost a chew toy, and everywhere they went,… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
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The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The Bible is a wonderful book; you can prove anything you want with it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My ideal reader is me. And yes, my ideal reader comes with me and is forgiving. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take. — Moses ibn Ezra Copy Share Image