“The Author Promise: Determine what you are going to give the reader, deliver it and never break that promise.” — Sarah Gerdes Copy Share Image
I'd like to know what I could do if I really had the time to spend on writing a book, with no… — Lewis Grizzard Copy Share Image
Love...who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she was perfectly content. — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it. — Eve Merriam Copy Share Image
I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound. — William Lashner Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
“Writing is a unique art-form. You are painting a detailed image in someone's mind, and it will be different for every single… — Giuseppe Bianco Copy Share Image
An interesting thing about book groups, it seems to me, is that there is no correlation between a brilliant book and a… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
“Because there is a belief that once you begin to open books, you will become a better person. It is Pandora's box,… — Don Borchert Copy Share Image
If you are a responsible scientist, you are going to present your new results in a paper, and maybe if, over time,… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
“It is unimpressive to not return what’s been borrowed. Whether you have borrowed money, folding chairs, yard tools, or a popular book,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable to read bad literature than good literature. Good literature may tell us… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Now that the book is out in the world, I’m amazed all over again at what my friend did for me in… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
To read and to write. Some writers have to be told to write. They think their job is to meet agents and… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
My wife and I set up the business, we were always very open about it and had a business author's name as… — Grant Shapps Copy Share Image
Neither my mom nor my dad ever bought me any comic books. Certainly not for Christmas. I suspect that doing so would… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“Is your book interesting?' I had already formed the intention of asking her to lend it to me some day.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
I'm always reading, and you learn a lot by reading. When I was twenty-five, I read a lot, but didn't have much… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I am the author of my life. Unfortunatley, I'm writing in pen. And I cannot erase any mistakes. — DopeyDasha Copy Share Image
“No matter how strong you are, you cannot hold open the jaws of a great-white shark with your bare hands... that can… — Ivan Stoikov Copy Share Image
“Once he'd been an open book and the days had been too short to hold all our words.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you have to sigh for those moments you forget you are wearing your cape.” — Love The Stacks Bookstore Copy Share Image
Do you know why I stopped being Delight, my brother? I do. There are things not in your book. There are paths… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference. — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
“Hugo headed off toward the door to leave, but the bookstore was warm and quiet, and the teetering piles of books fascinated… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I like to hold a book. When someone sends me a script, I ask for a hard copy or print one out. — Mario Cantone Copy Share Image
The normal reaction of a publisher when faced with an author with a bee in his bonnet is to grab the check… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Speak to any editor and ask them what they turned down, and they'll have long lists of books. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Simon Critchley's 'The Book of Dead Philosophers' - it's a quick thumbnail sketches of philosophers through the ages. — David Benioff Copy Share Image
“A sincere hug or a well-placed kiss can communicate a book of words in a single moment.” — Kim Meeder Copy Share Image
“Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.” — Michael J. Kannengieser Copy Share Image
We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“To write a good book, you must read one book for each page of the book you are about to write.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“I want my books to be the illicit secret pleasure each reader is anxiously anticipating to open and savor.” — Melinda De Ross Copy Share Image
