I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books. — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
This is the big reason most humorists fail. Drunks don't read books. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book. — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
“Art supersedes knowledge written in books. Art is the muse. Art is magic settling upon your he[art] like dust.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“If there is a single person at the nexus of fantasy literature, it is Terri Windling -- as editor, as writer, as… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“I like to curl up in a quiet corner and write a good book. I hate when life gets in the way… — Carrie Olguin Copy Share Image
“[...] imaginative literature situates itself somewhere between truth and meaning [...]” — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
'The Dovekeepers' is a fantastic novel written by Alice Hoffman; it was a bestselling novel, and I fell in love with the… — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story -… — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I'm thinking, "Well, this might be a book that I'll always be happy with, and certainly readers will be… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
“The next morning, the thrush had cleared up almost completely. No pain. No swearing. No gnashing my teeth. I was fit for… — Jennifer Coburn Copy Share Image
“Well, Montag, take my word for it, I've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The books I liked became a Bible from which I drew advice and support; I copied out long passages from them; I… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Much like dystopian and post-apocalyptic books are a way to explore the worst-case scenarios lurking around the corner, fantasy can serve as… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Raise both your hands if you think you can get a fair trial in this country. There, now the stupid among you… — Christopher McDevitt Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that's really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
In writing the book I wanted to make it very clear that I feel prostitution should be decriminalized. But some people might… — Craig Seymour Copy Share Image
“Build your novel one word at a time. Remember that minutes = novels.” — Mercedes M. Yardley Copy Share Image
To me you're like FACEBOOK, Id always love to FACE you than facing a book.. — Joanne Lobedica Copy Share Image
“I am also an author. Please check out my novel, A Life Worth Dreaming About.” — Nicholas Dettmann Copy Share Image
“We don't know the Devil's side of the story, because God wrote all the books.” — J.A. Konrath Copy Share Image
The movies have made the comic books much more valuable and more respected. — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me. — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
“Anyone can write a holy book, if he feels god is calling him to do so” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“The first rule of book club - is that nobody wants to talk about book club.” — Douglas Lewis Copy Share Image