“Story is the greatest human mystery." Alex Miller, author, at BRWF 2014” — Alex Miller Copy Share Image
“We learned about life from the books they told us not to read.” — Antoinette Ingoldsby Copy Share Image
“Many people can and have written books, but many have nothing to say.” — Amy Rogers Copy Share Image
All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it… — Daniel Espinosa Copy Share Image
“If this were a novel, I'd stop reading right now. I'd throw it across the room.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
A book is like a child: it is easier to bring it into the world than to control it when it is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
One thing you learn about the novel as a form is that it's always smarter than you are. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Oh, I guess I'm physically able to father a child. That's not what I'm thinking. I'm too closely married to a quiet… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We, the authors, want people to buy books. That is the only way we can earn - from our royality. — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
It seems like the darker the books are, the nicer the person is. People say it's the romance writers you've got to… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Why, the club was just the quietest place in the world, a place where a woman could run in to brush her… — Kathleen Thompson Norris Copy Share Image
“Knowledge and book learning are not wisdom," said the captain. "Is this book wisdom?" asked Lucy, putting the manuscript back on the… — R.A. Dick Copy Share Image
It's another year, and a new chapter. The pages are blank, and ready for new beginnings. This book we called LIFE will… — Jhunna Rebusora Copy Share Image
I try not to think too much about an audience when I'm writing the first draft of a book - at that… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. 'Brevetist' is a better term. I'm trying to be… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
My enthusiasm for L.A. stems from my father, who was a lecturer in American literature at the University of Birmingham. Through his… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
Why must ancients, and provided the same talent, be better than modern authors? Free to exploit the vast realm of the simpleand… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I lack the skill to hold a story line for the length required for a novel or even a short story. I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The book is the only medium left that hasn't been corrupted by the profane. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The best self help book I've ever read was, The little Engine that Could. — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
“The books gave Matilda a comforting message: You are not alone." -Matilda” — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
