And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Woolf is an important writer for me, someone I read often and who forms part of my ideal of what literature can… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can. — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
The only way to write a novel is to proceed as if you had all the time in the world. — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
“In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
I don't understand "The Little World of the Past" [a reference to the title of the book by Antonio Fogazzaro] that is… — Franca Sozzani Copy Share Image
“A book is a friend that gives all it has in return asks for nothing except its safety” — Bharath Swaminathan Copy Share Image
“He who succeeds without books is in an inconsolable darkness, on a mountain without company, on a path without a crosier, in… — Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Copy Share Image
Reading 'Ghost Waltz' and 'Nine and a Half Weeks' side by side, Day's vulnerabilities come shimmering into view. Both books examine the… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
You think your pain and heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world.But then, you read.It was books that taught me… — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
“...I think one shouldn't pussyfoot, and just say that you write the stuff that you would like to read. So you write… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Hi Daniel,Funny that you soluhd ask what my goal is! I'm getting very close (60 days to be precise) to taking a… — Mike Copy Share Image
The key thing in my becoming a writer was going on a Arvon Foundation residential writing course. I took with me a… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
Actually,the nightmarish thought occurred to me that with electronic delivery of books becoming a norm, soon writers may be expected to provide… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I havent been doin much comic book writing for the last several years though, as Ive been writing television projects and a… — Bill Mumy Copy Share Image
Pain is the body's way of telling the brain it's in trouble. Similarly, confusion is the brain's way of telling the body,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
“And whoever turns himself away from remembrance of the Beneficent, We appoint for him a devil so he is his associate.” — Compton Gage Copy Share Image
Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
My mind is like a book. closed to people and full of words that dont want to be read. — Kezz Marrow Copy Share Image
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all have a lot more to read than we can read and a lot more to do than we can do. — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
Your response to literature is to do with maturity; if you don't respond to a book or a poem when you are… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
I am particularly wary of authors who put themselves on the cover of their own book. — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
“The words were before him, and yet I thought he wasn't reading them from the paper, but from the pages of his… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Great literature transcends its native land, but none that I know of ignores its soil. — J. Frank Dobie Copy Share Image
The thing about rigging is, you can learn it if you become a master rigger but there's no book on rigging. — Richard Serra Copy Share Image
Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“You know I always say that a healthy appetite for books leads to a girl with more than looks.” — Rachel Coker Copy Share Image
I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it. — Dick Bruna Copy Share Image
“Want to get your kids to read more? Try making books easily accessible. Put them where kids can easily reach and don't… — Melanie Kirk Copy Share Image
When I write a book, I don't have an idea of what I'm doing. I just go where it leads. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Trollope wrote so many novels and other works that they tend to crowd each other out. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
I don't believe that there are dangerous writers: the danger of certain books is not in the books themselves but in the… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I've worked with many large and small publishers, and nearly all of them love the value that Instapaper provides to their readers. — Marco Arment Copy Share Image
“Reread that Bronte book all you want, but Jane Eyre's never going to get gender-reassignment surgery or train to become a kick-ass… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
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