'The Sisters Brothers' has endeared so many prize juries because the Western format has more of a broad appeal and is familiar… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
Books, in all their variety, offer the human intellect the means whereby civilisation may be carried triumphantly forward. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“No thanks; I'd much rather pretend I'm somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.” — Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer Copy Share Image
My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
A book is not a short-term project. It's essentially your baby, so it takes a lot of work. — Luvvie Ajayi Copy Share Image
“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
One of my favorite movies is the old Depardieu film 'The Return Of Martin Guerre,' which is actually a true story and… — Kurt Sutter Copy Share Image
In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
If you tell the reader it's funny, then the audience is like an audience at a stand-up comedy club and they expect… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I'm from Ohio, and I wasn't one of those kids who grew up making movies or whatever, but I always wanted to… — David Leslie Johnson Copy Share Image
I also love the zombie genre, my zombie fandom going way back to 'Night of the Living Dead.' And 'The Walking Dead'… — Gale Anne Hurd Copy Share Image
“I had so much fun writing this book. I could hardly wait for morning to come so I could get back to… — Gladys L. Hargis Copy Share Image
Readers and writers are united in their need for solitude, in their pursuit of substance in a time of ever-increasing evanescence: in… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“To what extent are we the authors, the creators of our own experiences? How much are these predetermined by the brains or… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“I am in danger of wanting my personal absolute to be a demigod of a man, and as there aren't many around,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Baltic and the North Sea are still there. In his book Of Paradise and Power the historian Robert Kagan argues that Western… — Tim Marshall Copy Share Image
“Curiously, the novels we escaped into led us finally to question and prod our own realities, about which we felt so helplessly… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
I keep telling the guards just play off me. I'm going to try to make the right read always and get you… — Domantas Sabonis Copy Share Image
I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The idea that the reader is important enough to me that I'd tailor my words to either please or offend them always… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
“My world is about stories that entertain; emotions that move; people you’ll remember; literature that matters.” — M.G.Crisci Copy Share Image
“Intellectual death is endemic in areas where people are not prepared to gain new information for development. Learning is the intervention!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books. — Matthew Vaughn Copy Share Image
“f you'd crack a book, you'd appreciate the connection, but then again, you'd have to learn to read first. -Silas” — Andrea Cremer Copy Share Image
“His most important books are his two Logics, and these must be understood if the reasons for his views on other subjects… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I write because I have to write; but I also write because there’s somebody out there, hopefully, who will read it.” — Harley King Copy Share Image
Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both truth and art. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“You can write the most wonderful book in the world. But if people don’t know about your book they won’t know to… — Madi Preda Copy Share Image
While writing a novel, I don't read anything new in fiction. I am too engrossed. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
“Power isn’t always found—it’s awakened.” — from Echoes of the Astral War: Book One – Vatika” — H . Nightshade Copy Share Image
Every sect is a certificate that God has not plainly revealed his will to man. To each reader the Bible conveys a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When you say to somebody, "I'd like to recommend a book to you," you're typically talking to a person who is willing… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos. — Heston Blumenthal Copy Share Image
“When a spy sells something entirely new, all he needs to do is recount something you could find in any second-hand book… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
The best and only true history we have. Everyone interested in creative writing should know this book. — Tony Ardizzone Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the most obvious solution also happens to be the right one: after all, life isn't a novel.” — Maurizio de Giovanni Copy Share Image
No matter what his rank or position may be, the lover of books is the richest and the happiest of the children… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
