Write a novel if you must, but think of money as an unlikely accident. Get your reward out of writing it, and… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
I never was a big comic book fan. Obviously I'd heard them growing up from my friends who did read them, but… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
The Christian's God does not consist merely of a God who is the author of mathematical truths and the order of elements...… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Work. Write. Read. Keep putting words on the page, because that's the only way you'll get better. — S.J. Watson Copy Share Image
“Argue not concerning God,…re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
As a reader, I have always enjoyed 'ranty' books, but they are all written by men. — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it’s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn’t exist. — August Kleinzahler Copy Share Image
And indeed, what is better than to sit by one's fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
My literature is much more the result of a paradox than that of an implacable logic, typical of police novels. The paradox… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“To stay on the cutting edge, we must be aware of current literature in our fields, use technology, and engage in conversations… — Karen A Longman Copy Share Image
“{ Stockton, a playwright who performed plays about Robert Ingersoll , gives the four moments in Ingersoll 's life that shaped him,… — Richard F. Stockton Copy Share Image
Oprah's got good politics, she's got a good heart, and she'll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
I keep thinking of the gifts of my own upbringing, which I once took for granted: I can read any book I… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Just when you thought the mafia novel was dead, Tod Goldberg breathes new life into it. Gangsterland, the best mafia novel in… — Sara Gran Copy Share Image
“The book in my hands became my trusted companion. What was written there had so much power that it forced me to… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
I read a lot of books and I've read a lot about how to understand and interpret body language. I've studied that. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel. — William Nicholson Copy Share Image
I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book. — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school, or steal my Daddy's cue and make a living… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I think the most important things my book does is to give readers the address of George Monbiot's website and how to… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside… — David Frum Copy Share Image
Because they feel that without them telling you to do this, you wouldn't have had the characters that you have, you wouldn't… — Dan DeCarlo Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being in touch with this lost world while holding onto what… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
I read books when I have time. I probably spend a third of the time watching TV, and the rest of it… — Mark Mendoza Copy Share Image
“If I read our story backwards, it's about how I un-broke your heart, and then we were happy until one day, you… — Tiny book of Tiny Stories Copy Share Image
You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
Working on an essay versus a novel is like the difference between seeing to that curtain and seeing to New Jersey. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is like giving birth. Marketing a book is like giving birth in the 12th century.” — John Heartfield Copy Share Image
What to do Before Your Book Launch is the new invaluable tool for writers. There is so much to know and now… — Julie Klam Copy Share Image
In the most self-protective of ways, I don't think about the reader when I'm writing - I just think about the story. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It is a fact that the classics of Yiddish literature are also the classics of the modern Hebrew literature. — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
Doing a book signing tomorrow at Barnes & Noble. Bring your own book...I haven't written one yet. — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
“Writing a book without promoting it is like waving to someone in a dark room. You know what have you done but… — Madi Preda Copy Share Image
I've always loved to read, but sometimes I go for a year without reading a book, because I forget to. — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
Never love someone you already loved.. It's like reading a book twice. You know just what will come next . — Anonymous Copy Share Image
