If Im in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, Ooh, how could you cut this down… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.” — Kevis Hendrickson Copy Share Image
“Ser Célibe apesta y leer novelas de romance erótico no ayuda a mi condición...” — Cooper McKenzie Copy Share Image
“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. She read books as one would breathe ether, to… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Never cross an inspirational author or you will be the example of what not to be like in every one of their… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“for the book. Discuss the novel in light of this poem. What do you think he is saying about rightdoing and wrongdoing… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
“More peoples getting satisfaction in wealth but real wealth is knowledge, knowledge is organized in books and books are available in the… — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“I close my eyes, and words from an old book flow from my lips. “From flame to ashes, dawn to dusk, for… — Laura Thalassa Copy Share Image
As a writer, you paint strokes and leave suggestions so readers can create their own pictures. That allows you to know someone… — Mary Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
“But how? Genius in the Sperm Whale? Has the Sperm Whale ever written a book, spoken a speech? No, his great genius… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The only position when violence is threatened in response to a novel or a cartoon or a crappy YouTube video is a… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“O, it ended in my having nothing to say, when I sat down to write. But sometimes, when I get hold of… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
I'm a massive comic book fan. I was buying weekly installments of "The Watchmen", and "From Hell", and "Parallax" and "Johnny Nemo".… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
Every time I start a new novel, it seems like an impossible undertaking. If I tried to do too much too quickly,… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I believe that sometimes, when we talk about books, we're talking about the big picture - how they're relevant. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
It's fun to play a part in the process of helping to inform readers about their political leaders. — Amy Chozick Copy Share Image
Compared to a novel, a film is like an economy pizza where there are no olives, no ham, no anchovies, no mushrooms,… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
To be honest, I don't think I ever watched a movie or read a book that made me cry. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Millions of dollars' worth of advertising shows such little respect for the reader's intelligence that it amounts almost to outright insult. — James Randolph Adams Copy Share Image
I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help… — Charles Buxton Copy Share Image
I read the bible often, not just to prepare for "Noah". I believe it is a very important book. — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
... I love books about freaks," because I am one. You might be, too. Let's be freaks together? — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
From a cognitive standpoint, I'm very aware that you have no room for error in a picture book. Every word counts. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I want to write books that keep people up at night, where they cry through the first forty pages and keep reading… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you'll learn the more aces you'll go. — Dr Seuss Copy Share Image
Our school is very low-budgeted; our physics book is so out of date the last chapter deals with combustion. — James Copy Share Image
I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all. — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
The books that charmed us in youth recall the delight ever afterwards; we are hardly persuaded there are any like them, any… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book… — Edmund Wilson Copy Share Image
Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It's the biggest influence on everybody's… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so… — Sam Jaeger Copy Share Image
I think boys don't always like to read books with female protagonist - I don't even know what to say about this. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
In Necessary Marriage, I tried to repeat entire phrases without the reader noticing. My work doesn't have the rigor of music, but… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
“The books of the Old Testament, as we know them, do not represent the language of Palestine as spoken at any one… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
