I called the book 'The Senator Next Door,' not 'The President Next Door.' — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
Find me a first novel that doesn't have parallels with the author's life. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is like a novel and every day is a new page so… if 1 page is sad next will be happy.so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a very old-fashioned novelist. I write 19th-century novels, where a lot of rules apply. — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Books most certainly don't write themselves, but life does. When in doubt about what to write, use your own life.” — Solomon Woytowich Copy Share Image
No one like crying, but tears water our souls. So, perhaps my thanks should be to allow you to cry for the… — Xinran Copy Share Image
My hope when I wrote the first book was that I would get to do it again. But it was not entirely… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“Literature is the right use of language irrespective of the subject or reason of utterance.” — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel creates a window to a new way of looking at the world. Reading one means looking through that window.” — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
To some extent, all authors are a little schizophrenic. We lead most of our lives in solitary confinement, living and breathing the… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
I don't actually read that much. I like movies a bit more. That's how I come up with ideas - by seeing… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Be careful. As if something’s going to jump us in a library.” “You might be surprised.” “What do you mean?” “You know… — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“It is not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books...take it where you can find it,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Whereas I remember being in Dakar, in Senegal, where I have my third studio, and street casting, and I remember looking at… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I'm so into the Boss and who he is, and I've read all his books, and I've watched every DVD, and I… — Jake Peavy Copy Share Image
She is like a book with many pages, like a novel with ironic flaws, unpredictable twist with a dash of sarcastic humor,… — Epifania Savea Copy Share Image
People never explain to you exactly what they think and feel and how their thoughts and feelings work, do they? They don't… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
