For me, a holiday is about taking a book and going to a mountain and reading. — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
“My books are like marmite, you either love them or you hate them!!” — Laurie Bowler Copy Share Image
“The world is like a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” — Old Smell of Books Copy Share Image
“My purpose in writing novels is to expose man's inhumanity to man.” — Carly Compass Copy Share Image
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The entire Quran is a big joke. If it was not so violent, it would be the biggest comic book ever written. — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Make books your companions; let your bookshelves be your gardens; bask in their beauty, gather their fruit, pluck their roses, take their… — Samuel Ben Judah Ibn Tibbon Copy Share Image
“Writers are not just writers, they are creators of worlds, sculptors of the mind, they are architects of language.” — Jamie L. Harding Copy Share Image
I love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Publishers are humane men, and rarely commit crimes. Authors, however, are a hardened set, who usually perpertrate a felony every time they… — Robert Barr Copy Share Image
Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll… — Al Leiter Copy Share Image
The way that the stories go in the Snicket books is just the way stories naturally go to me. They're full of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
The most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I have many books that I want to write; I'd like to think that I'll be around for another 20 years or… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
It's fun to sniff and slather on beauty products, but the end goal is finding what appeals most to 'Teen Vogue' readers… — Elaine Welteroth Copy Share Image
Do you like manga?" she asked after a minute. "Anime?" "Anime's cool. I'm not really into it, but 1 like Japanese movies,… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
“I was astonished at how wonderful these books were; and even though I was occasionally discomforted when someone, having asked me what… — Jonathan Cott Copy Share Image
“What this book means to impress is that family and faith are the invisible double helix of society—two spirals that when linked… — Mary Eberstadt Copy Share Image
I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My… — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
“Read, so as to know; speak, so as to teach; write, so as to think!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative. — Chloe Sevigny Copy Share Image
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading. — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
Books are not about passing the time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder.” — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
