While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living. — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
With every literary genre or form come some conventional expectations that the biblical authors either follow or deviate from. — Craig Blomberg Copy Share Image
To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me. — Jonathan Taylor Thomas Copy Share Image
There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
Hungry for both fantasy and inspiration, readers crave protagonists who, after overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, triumph at the end of the day. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
It's never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it's as if you're chopping off appendages. It really feels… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
That's how it is with books, isn't it: They're not in a hurry. They'll wait for you till you're ready. People empty… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Yes I may be different and like things you don't but who are you to judge the cover of my book when… — Connor Sinnett Copy Share Image
“The ultimate authority of my life is not the Bible; it is not confined between the covers of a book. It is… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Stephen Covey, in his book The 8th Habit, decribes a poll of 23,000 employees drawn from a number of companies and industries.… — Chip Heath & Dan Heath Copy Share Image
Nothing better protects a human being against the stupidity of prejudice, racism, religious or political sectarianism, and exclusivist nationalism than this truth… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I'm always imposing my taste in books on others. I hope that people enjoy being surprised by a book they might not… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Literature tried to open the universe, to increase, even if only slightly the sum total of what it was possible for human… — Salmon Rushdie Copy Share Image
I've always believed that everything that is said from authority is either the authority of one's own heart, one's own brain, one's… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
What you're trying to do when you write is to crowd the reader out of his own space and occupy it with… — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
Greg Rucka always writes lovely, believable female characters in books like 'Whiteout,' 'Queen and Country,' and 'Lazarus.' I am a fan of… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Point-of-view is a matter that readers rarely pay attention to, yet it's one of the most important story decisions an author makes. — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
True colours are bright & true love is real but literature never mentioned that life is not a fairy-tale. — Colynx Mckobby Akwetey Jnr Copy Share Image
“Do you know how many times I've read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" to this kid? That is one fucked-up… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
You and I will always be friends." "Yet you poisoned me with a book once. I should not forgive that. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If you are a conscious human being who has opinions about the world, then you will unconsciously put your own perspective into… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“Books were her easiest friends. They demanded nothing from her but her attention.” — Lorna Landvik Copy Share Image
“so, what happened next will have to go down in my book of Bad Decisions, planted firmly in the chapter entitled, I… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
“Books force you to give something back to them, to exercise your intelligence and imagination.” — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
When you want to read the book, come read the book. When you want to come talk to me and be my… — Lil B Copy Share Image
Ive really written my books for my husband and our family. Theyve brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things… — Pamela Stephenson Copy Share Image
If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism. If you steal from two, it's research. — John Burke Copy Share Image
I found a book in my elementary school library when I was ten called 'All about You' which was a book on… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
Nico was wrong. The Book of Fate isn't already written. It's written every day. Some scars never heal. Then again, some do. — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
The best critics leave the reader curious to pursue something further, but still to let the reader have his or her own… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
Many novels and modern publications are corrupters of morals or distorters of truth. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I have always loved reading. Ever since I was a young girl I had a book by my bed and would get… — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Im the author of my life..infortunately I'm writing in pen and I can't erase my mistakes... — Maya Copy Share Image
No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
“It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understand it.” — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I insist on knowing the names, on being interested only in books left ajar, like doors; I will not go looking for… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
“Get your deprived, samall-town, romance-novel reading mind out of of the gutter, Becky.” — Maureen A. Miller Copy Share Image
