I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'd much rather have a book that a few people love intensely than a book that a lot of people like okay. — Mac Barnett Copy Share Image
But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
As far as I know, no kid ever bought a children's book himself with his own money, but they'll buy comic books.… — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
This book [March], in my estimation, is a road map. It is a change agent. It is saying to people, "This is… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12 We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author… — Leah Price Copy Share Image
“To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh.” — Ecclesiates 12 12 Copy Share Image
Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I'd say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don't go by me; I'm as bad a judge… — George Burns Copy Share Image
I write romance, women's fiction, chicklit. I think it all fits very comfortably under the same umbrella. Basically, I write books for… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But once an original book has been written-and no more than one or two appear in a century-men of letters imitate it,… — Pierre Boulle Copy Share Image
I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
“Thousands and thousands of books are thrown on the market every year presenting some new variant of the personal romance, some tale… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“…the art of writing has for backbone some fierce attachment to an idea…. It is on the back of an idea, something… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“So true are these avowals at the present day, that I can now only take the reader into one confidence more. Of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Writing a book is usually a full-time job that takes years. I didn't have years. So I decided to crowdsource content for… — Vivek Wadhwa Copy Share Image
Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside". — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
“A book is like a key that fits into the tumbler of the soul. The two parts have to match in order… — Brad Kessler Copy Share Image
I don't mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn't feel somehow right to… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I'm just writing what I know. I've never been much of a reader of fantasy, and I think you write what you,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
Any teacher can study books, but books do not necessarily bring wisdom, nor that human insight essential to consummate teaching skills. — Bliss Perry Copy Share Image
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend. — Moliere Copy Share Image
“Where does life go? I hope it goes into the heart if God where nothing is forgotten. Book: The Legacy, pg. 424” — Michael R. Phillips Copy Share Image
Many Books ARe Available How To Love Someone..! But, A Single Book Is Not Available On How To Forget The Truely LoveableOne...! — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
If you read the novel, you have expectations. And, if you've seen something first, it's just hard to do. — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
I wrote a best-selling book, and if you don't believe me, you can come into my basement; I'll show you every copy. — Anthony Scaramucci Copy Share Image
“People say everybody has a book inside them, so why not make your life a great story?” — Martha Louise Hunter Copy Share Image
I read poetry every day. I look at it as an exercise, a kind of T'ai Chi for writers. It teaches economy… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“On Relics and Love: A Q&A with Natalie Brown, author of The Lovebird: http://www.everydayebook.com/2013/06/... ” — Natalie Brown Copy Share Image
The first time I remember really being excited about a book was 'The Count of Monte Cristo.' — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
One of the main arguments that I make in my new book, 'The Great Degeneration,' is that the rule of law in… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
“We're all in the end-of-your-life book-club, whether we acknowledge it or not; each book we read may well be the last, each… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“Comedy and terror and autobiography and comics and literature-they're all the same thing. To me.” — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I suggest school buses make stops at local libraries so that children who do not have resources like books at home can… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
“An author’s strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher’s commitment to it.” — Sterling Lord Copy Share Image
“It is not mysterious to be home on a Saturday night, reading a novel in a pile of smelly golden retrievers.” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image