“To believers, the bible is a holy book, to unbelievers, it is a story book.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading. — Gilbert Murray Copy Share Image
I take a very long time to write my books - from five to ten years. — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
Books allow you to be whoever you want to be, to escape yourself for a while. — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
I think that literature has the important effect of creating free, independent, critical citizens who cannot be manipulated. — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I measure my life out in books." "You should be measuring your life by living. Correction: you shouldn't be measuring your life.… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
I am concerned that people who admire [Ayn] Rand are not often critical enough of the extent to which she has abridged… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“but God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.” — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I worried that people would dismiss me as a boring swot because I always had my nose… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
It is quite beneath the dignity of a person holding a Bachelor of Arts degree to engage in such a vulgar occupation… — Fukuzawa Yukichi Copy Share Image
Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
My books are published by Hachette. My books have been blacklisted and blocked on Amazon on multiple occasions. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
We still have books because they are so brilliantly suited to the way human beings absorb information and at their best, they… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
The book must of necessity be put into a bookcase. And the bookcase must be housed. And the house must be kept.… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
“ I intend that my last work shall be a cookbook composed of memories and desires. ---Alexander Dumas, 1869, as quoted in… — Alexander Dumas Copy Share Image
“Joey glanced at his alarm clock and saw it was just before midnight. His eyes drifted to his bookshelf. Lined up in… — The Blood Brothers Copy Share Image
I am a toggler. I always have three or four projects going, short stories alongside novels and essays. When one project is… — Samantha Hunt Copy Share Image
Because, as we know, almost anything can be read into any book if you are determined enough. This will be especially impressed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hate [ebooks]. It's like making believe there's another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of sex. There isn't another kind… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“The thing [Henry James'] novel is about is always there. It is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image