Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combinatoria of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“When someone gives me either a democratic or republican pamphlet, I throw it in their face. I’m a librarian, damn it! We… — Bauvard Copy Share Image
“Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive.” — V.C. Andrews Copy Share Image
Who said time machines haven't been built yet? They already exist. They're called books — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
“I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman. — George Plimpton Copy Share Image
I didn't write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
“I read because one life isn’t enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody.” — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
“Go and tell," I whispered to him. There was little voice left in me, but I whispered it firmly. Then I took… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“what does a young woman from Montesano do to keep herself amused?” I take a sip of my beer. “Read.” “It always… — E.L. James Copy Share Image
Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher, introduced us to some of the great literature of African American culture. I won my first blue… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Length, I want to suggest, has a peculiar significance for the reader of a Victorian novel and especially so if we are… — Ian Gregor Copy Share Image
“And I love the idea of books being more than books, or being, rather, something other than books. I think the ideal… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“I am glad that Hochschild admits that the photographs in his book are fake. Still, to his point, I do not doubt… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“Classics aren't books that are read for pleasure. Classics are books that are imposed on unwilling students, books that are subjected to… — Alexei Panshin Copy Share Image
“In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of… — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
My books are, in a way, a record of my life - that part of it that came to flower and fruit… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
Definitely things changed from the books. Especially when youre adapting something. — Chad Hodge Copy Share Image
“Leases, writes, statutes, all are written to be read and each person reads them by the light of self-interest.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't you ever mind," she asked suddenly, "not being rich enough to buy all the books you want? — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Home: Tap to return to the Home screen, where you'll find a list of books and other content stored on” — Amazon Copy Share Image
Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles. — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
“I imagine he knows magic, if he is reading books. The book itself doesn’t matter. It’s that he found another world in… — Rene Denfeld Copy Share Image
books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I begin because I don’t have the strength to think; I finish because I don’t have the courage to quit. This book… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Don't make a novel to establish a principle of political economy. You will spoil both. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Imogen was a bright girl naturally, but she had read so many novels that her brain was completely turned.” — Susan Coolidge Copy Share Image
They do most by Books, who could do much without them, and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the substantial… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
“Read as widely and as deeply as you can. You have to be a reader before you can be a writer.” — Y.S. Lee Copy Share Image
No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them. — Jack L. Chalker Copy Share Image
One reads thousands of books, of poets, modern and ancient, as one meets thousands of people. What remains of it all is… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
Theres a great deal of attention paid and books written about this change of life in a woman, and really very little… — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
Your book grows. The early part of your book is growing still while you are writing the later part of your book. — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
