“Libraries are congenial places but unfortunately none of us like these places because we hates books and books are leading us to… — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
I was never bored because I always had a book. So I had a doorway into another world or another universe. It… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
“To know your way round a library is to master the whole of culture, i.e. the whole world.” — Sophie Divry Copy Share Image
My first crime novel, "Wild Horses," sold at auction, and that changed my life at an ideal time. — Brian Hodge Copy Share Image
I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you? — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“I read novels to indulge in a concentrated and directed inner activity that parallels -- and thereby tunes up, accentuates -- my… — Sven Birkerts Copy Share Image
I love to read nonfiction and memoir, but I'm mostly interested in the piece of writing more than the person. — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
I've always loved science fiction, fantasy, manga, comic books; so I guess, to some degree, those things influence my personal idea of… — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
“You can begin a story in the middle and create confusion by striking out boldly, backward and forward. You can be modern,… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
I got Michael Caine's book, Acting In Film, and I read it on the plane, desperately trying to glean information from him… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
“Anna Arkadyevna read and understood, but it was distasteful to her to read, that it, to follow the reflection of other people's… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“withdrew her poetry book and flipped to page fifty-two. When the bell rang she stuffed her book back inside. Everyone leapt from… — Nikki Jefford Copy Share Image
“He pilfered a copy of Ulysses, but it was possibly the one book he did not finish. 'What's the point of it?… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
I do believe in that thing about the reading audience being very important to the formation of the novel at its birth. — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“Self-editing a novel is like trying to put pants on a cat: yes, it's painful and time consuming, but in the end,… — Robert Jack Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a closed book and that's extended through most of my life, not just football. — Danny Drinkwater Copy Share Image
I majored in the history and literature of Russia and Britain. It has not helped my career. — Colin Jost Copy Share Image
I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience. — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
“Poetry is a painting of the imaginations of the human mind, but the reader needs to feel it and touch it.” — Adewale Joel Copy Share Image
It's tough to stay married. My wife says no because she's tired then stays up and reads her book. — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page… — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
I am a binge reader, with a tendency to throw myself at a writer, immerse myself in their work. — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
“10/20/30 Rule in my book can level the playing field for a retail forex trader to trade alongside big banks and hedge funds.” — Ramesh Selvarajoo Copy Share Image
“I’m hanging on to your words like you’re my favorite book. And, I’m completely engrossed in every page of who you are.” — Liz Newman Copy Share Image
Well, unlike a lot of authors, I will be the one to cop to having a ghostwriter. I've always written with someone… — Wendy Williams Copy Share Image
There seems to be a strange affectation in authors of appearing to have done everything by chance. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“In a short story by Chekhov or a novel by Balzac he found mysteries which, so far as he was aware, did… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human. — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
The only parts I like out of any of those women books is the dirty parts. But I don't think their dirty… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Browsing through the shelves in bookstores or libraries, I was completely happy.” — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
My point of view when I make a book or I make a movie is to see the humanistic point of view.… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“I do not use my intellect to write my stories and books; I have a gut reaction to the things that my… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I'm quite a good reader of people; I like to meet people, and I can tell if they're lying or not. — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“Men, I thought, were more trouble than they were worth. Really, one should stick to books where one sees the hero coming… — Eva Rice Copy Share Image
“If we really want our students to become wild readers, independent of our support and oversight, sometimes the best thing we can… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
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