“And books, she knew by then, were one of the necessities, the rocks of her life.” — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“It is certain that a book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.” — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
“Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one." ―Salman Rushdie” — Jim Denney Copy Share Image
I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write. — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done. — Louis Leakey Copy Share Image
If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
The deepest quality of a work of art will always be the quality of the mind of the producer...No good novel will… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Those of a future generation will one day look back on printed books with the same benign and befuddled expressions that we… — Jason Merkoski Copy Share Image
When I was 11 or 12, I wanted to be a fashion designer. I would draw outfits all the time in my… — Katy Wix Copy Share Image
“I discovered this when Cruise had his personal Scientology liaison bring a heavy red book to the table. He opened it to… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
I feel like all this stuff that we make: books and art and music, all of it. There's this energy that circles… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Why all this insistence on the senses? Because in order to convince your reader that he is THERE, you must assault each… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Description begins with visualization of what it is you want the reader to experience. It ends with you translating what you see… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in Canada; we struggle to write books that do not change… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“When I'm arguing with St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, I'm going to tell him to ignore the Books Read column, and… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
How in the name of Merlin's pants have you managed to get your hands on those Horcrux books? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“I want to buy me a hat with a golden feather & a book with the confessions of God in it” — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
I have a good collection of cookery books. This is not so much because I like cooking, but because I like eating. — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“I am quite happy for people to disagree with me on a book. If I say it is a 5 star read… — Michael Edwards Copy Share Image
I got expelled from the public library for putting all the 'Women's Rights' books in the fiction section. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The most important things in our intimate lives can't be discussed with strangers, except in books. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze.” — E.B. White Copy Share Image
I wish you could read people's feelings as easily as you can read a book. then you know whether your wasting your… — Sarah Moores Copy Share Image
I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. Peoples bore me, literature bores me, especially great literature, — John Berryman Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The ideas get under your skin. I am honored and deeply excited by the thought that the next generation of writers, or… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see Him not in man. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
“I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“She didn't know how long they stared at each other, but the look on his face made her forget about the book.” — Sasha Summers Copy Share Image
My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate. — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
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“If you can't write a book, write a chapter. If you can't do that, write a page, a sentence or a word.… — Tarun Betala Copy Share Image
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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