My books standing there on the shelf do not know that I have written them. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“A single act for humanity is better then write hundred books on humanity” — Farhan Muhammad khan Copy Share Image
I've been reading since I could read, which was about four or five years old. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“For Marc, books were objects of beauty, to be loved, not just read.” — Martin Edwards Copy Share Image
I love books with titles like, 'How Do You Spank a Porcupine?,' 'Arnie, the Darling Starling,' or 'The Bat in My Pocket.' — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“The story of your life has many chapters. One bad chapter doesn't mean it's the end of the book.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Brian: I love books Prof. Morrison: The contents of books, or just owning a whole load of books?” — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
A woman goes to a palm reader and hears that her husband will die a violent death. She asks, Will I be… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
I used to read comics as a kid, and now I'm reading them for research. It's great fun. It's not bad homework. — David Harewood Copy Share Image
“You can tell you're reading a really good book when you forget all about everything else and know you'll die if you… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
Really interesting novels, they always are so demanding of you on some level that you don't fall asleep. — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Maybe someone's who's a different kind of writer [would think otherwise] - someone who'd be just as comfortable writing essays on what… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
It's an incredible education [for the movie J. Edgar Hoover] . It was like I did a college course on J. Edgar… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
“In the beginning - not now, thank God - Patty was always sharing the important books of her life with him, like… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts… — Evelyn Lau Copy Share Image
I am not by any stretch of the imagination a tidy person, and the piles of unread books on the coffee table… — Linda Grant Copy Share Image
Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition.… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Our statute books gradually became laden with gross, stereotyped distinctions between the sexes and, indeed, throughout much of the 19th century the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
My books are about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations. — Karen Robards Copy Share Image
Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
“I've been in love 300 times in my life, all but 5 were with books.” — Lee Glickstein Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I said it to nobody. — Peter Bichsel Copy Share Image