I've seen firsthand how books can change people's lives. It happened to me. — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
“By the hairy ass of lord hell." Many characters in the Deverry Cycle Novels” — Katharine Kerr Copy Share Image
I was a comic book nut and grew up on 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones.' — Christian Borle Copy Share Image
What I need, as a reader, is a character with a heart and a voice and a pulse. I need a character… — Becky Albertalli Copy Share Image
Malaria was one of the epidemic diseases with the most comprehensive records in traditional Chinese medical literature. — Tu Youyou Copy Share Image
“Writers don't just create pages in a novel, but depth to worlds that become a safe haven for those who wish to… — T.J. Mihaila Copy Share Image
Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to have a baby. One of them is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I sold a million books because I have a lot of fans, not because people hate me. — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
“I'll live to be one year younger, because I can't stand the idea of a world without you in it, and die… — Lance Olsen Copy Share Image
I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
“What's writ is what's read, yet the meaning is gone, since context is what gives each quote its own home.” — Will Advise Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is an incredibly free experience. One puts one's self in a narrative mode. You can go off in any… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
When I write a book, I don't have a plan or an outline. The characters move the action, and the action develops… — Russell Hoban Copy Share Image
Peter Fleming was a famous English traveler, explorer and adventurer, whose non-fiction books were hugely successful. My father owned signed copies of… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Comic books, movies, radio programmes centered their entertainment around the fact of torture. With the clearest of consciences, with a patriotic intensity,… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The medical nanobots in my novel 'Small Miracles' tap the energy sources that the patient's own body provides. That is, they can… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
“Nature is our book," [Aristotle] would say. "It is the most sacred text we have. Line by line, reason will unlock the… — J.L. Taylor Copy Share Image
What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“My life's an open book. Some of the pages are a little ripped, but it's open.” — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too. — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I'm the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head. — Honor Blackman Copy Share Image
When I am near the end of a book, I have to sleep in the same room with it. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The world is woman's book. [Fr., Le monde est le livre des femmes.] — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Where books are burned, in the end, people will eventually burn too” — HEINRICH HEINE Copy Share Image
On an average day, I have two things to read in my purse: a book and a play. — Morgan Saylor Copy Share Image
The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things. — David Shields Copy Share Image
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