As a kid, I drew cartoon characters and comic book heroes. Spiderman and the X-Men were my favorites. — Kadir Nelson Copy Share Image
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I think one should express opinions and these books are relatively opinionated. They would be a bit dry without it. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
Miracles is the sort of book that once you've read it you'll wonder where it's been all your life — Kathie Lee Gifford Copy Share Image
I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I can’t persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me, — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
I don't think women are interesting enough to merit a book. They're more of a pamphlet sex. — Alex Linder Copy Share Image
People think that if they read something in the newspaper or see it on TV, it has to be true. — Tammy Faye Bakker Copy Share Image
People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I separate myself from my characters as much as possible, but I have these books that I create which are interactive diaries/timelines/memory… — Sydney Sweeney Copy Share Image
“One of the great challenges of today’s digital thinking tools is knowing when not to use them, when to rely on the… — The Penguin Press Copy Share Image
“I still maintain that the times get precisely the literature that they deserve, and that if the writing of this period is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It seems like everyone I know has very strong feelings about which boy is the best fit for Katniss, but also because… — Jennifer Lynn Barnes Copy Share Image
He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the… — Saadi Copy Share Image
“I never could understand the fondness some people have for confusing their minds by dwelling on mystical books that merely awaken their… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Francie thought that all the books in the world were in that library and she had a plan about reading all the… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
Some people get their books on the best-seller list and then they count the number of weeks, and I just never want… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Literature is less involved in giving you answers and more dedicated to giving you insight. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“Fame in our day is too common to be confused with the enduring glow around the deserving book.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork. — Mary Russell Mitford Copy Share Image
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Judicious mothers will always keep in mind that they are the first book read, and the last put aside, in every childs… — Charles Lenox Remond Copy Share Image
You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
To define [Canada] or its literature seems like putting a finger on Zeno's arrow: no sooner do you think you have done… — M. G. Vassanji Copy Share Image
I was a promising keeper as a kid and, at 15 and 16, was on the books of Crewe Alexandra. — Adrian Lewis Copy Share Image
“And since he’s written 126 novels and counting, I think that we can safely say Mr. Foster is one hell of an… — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Choose a book," she said. "Any book. Bring it here, and I'll show you what else the world can offer.” — Peter V. Brett Copy Share Image
We buy books, we go to gyms, we expend a lot of brain power on trying to hold back time, when we… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
You can sell a lot more books if you work with other authors than if you try to do everything all by… — John Kremer Copy Share Image
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Charles Darwin, whose theory changed the whole current of the world's thought, was not a great reader of books, but a careful… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
I like to match what I wear to my book jacket - it's a little bit cheesy, but it's my thing. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
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