“... a monologue defines its author as reliably as his fingerprints.” — Marcelo Figueras Copy Share Image
I know some writers that have a million novel ideas, but I don't. — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There is a certain degree of 'steampunkishness' that creeps into my books. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“If I had a clear vision, none of my books would be what they are. I've got to let the characters show… — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“Dear Reader, he switched human bodies before I made him a vampire, worry no more. It has nothing to do with this… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Books are like eggs. Somethings you have to crack them open to get anything out.” — Clifton L. Taulbert Copy Share Image
It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Fueled by the need to interpret the past, to explore the present, and to imagine the future, each generation shapes the world… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
During the process of writing the book, I had this experience that was telling for me. I got it and the basic… — Valerie Estelle Frankel Copy Share Image
As for anticipation, you never know what to expect of a book. They're like kids: you bring them into the world, fret… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
O prejudice, prejudice, prejudice, how many hast thou destroyed! Men who might have been wise have remained fools because they thought they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't believe that murders can be "solved." I think that this is the big lie of the mystery novel, that you… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
“Reading a book was a meditative act, but it didn’t involve a clearing of the mind. It involved a filling, or replenishing,… — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
“The uncanny is not a literary genre. But nor is it a non-literary genre. It overflows the very institution of literature. It… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
The pull of Guyland reminds us that women cannot accomplish this transformation alone. In the book's final chapter I argue that just… — Michael Kimmel Copy Share Image
When I was a young man in school, I used to read science fiction and really liked it. And as I became… — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
