“Life was too short for bad books, or even good books that you just don’t like.” — Sarah Moriarty Copy Share Image
“CUSTOMER: You know that film, Coraline? BOOKSELLER: Yes, indeed. CUSTOMER: My daughter loves it. Are they going to make it into a… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm not really one for reading books. I have a very poor attention span. I'd rather listen to music, play games or… — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
If ever you've been down in the dumps, hear these iconic authors share with you more than their writing wisdom. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch… — Tayari Jones Copy Share Image
From time to time, just about every 'Vanity Fair' writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I am more optimistic, both about reading and about books. There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers – there always… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I used to do miserably in English literature, which I thought was a sign of moral turpitude. As I look back on… — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
At college, and perhaps for a year afterwards, they had believed in literature, had believed in Beauty and in personal expression as… — Nathanael West Copy Share Image
“The biggest anachronism, usually, in a historical movie is, again, the author doesn’t want to be thought to in any way share… — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
I often get asked, 'Is the book dead?' It hasn't happened yet. It's different than music. Music was always meant to be… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
“They are kind of queer about music and books and scenery. Mother says it’s because their grandfather came from Virginia. She says… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A new opinion counts as true just in proportion as it gratifies the individual's desire to assimilate the novel in his experience… — William James Copy Share Image
I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
Life is like a book.each day is a new page.may your book be your bestseller with adventures to tell,lessons to learn and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: writing picture books is an art - the art of word choice. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Somebody said, 'Hey, there is a lull in your career. Why don't you write books about your [dyslexia]?' We are currently writing… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
If you’re in your life, chance. Viewed from the outside, like a book you’re reading, it’s fate all the way. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I've been waiting for someone to sign the permission slip for me to write about sex. In the meantime, I've written about… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“They come here wanting to be loved, and the boys on the stage receive them" from the poem - STAY in the… — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
I made a wedding planning book and a whole double page is dedicated to the dogs. — Stacey Solomon Copy Share Image
“It was an irresistible novelty having a conversation about books with a stranger.” — Jaclyn Dolamore Copy Share Image
Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
“A book can take you to another land, even if just for a few hours. --Cat Spydell” — Cat Spydell Copy Share Image
“Books are where the ideas come from, though the ideas need to be simplified, reduced, submitted to ideological purification." ("Notes on the… — Mark Edmundson Copy Share Image
“He imagined a future in which he could read everything, in which all stories could be opened and discovered.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Today there is a division between those who write about literature and those who create it. I, obviously, don't think that should… — Alistair MacLeod Copy Share Image
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a country this large and a language even larger ... there ought to be a living for somebody who cares and… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet. — Lawrence Welk Copy Share Image
“Dipping a cockroach in ink and having it scamper around the page would have left more legible traces to the average reader.” — Colin Cotterill Copy Share Image
I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
That is exactly the writer's problem. What does literature stand for in a hungry world? — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.… — Latest Copy Share Image
“Frederick Ward thought novels immoral and had been known to leave the room rather than subject himself to "bohemian" opinions.” — Donald McCaig Copy Share Image
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