Never settle for being a character in someone else's story when you are meant to be the author of your own. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her: Shakespeare and the Bible. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I've been involved in lots of comic book stuff; I've done numerous films based on comic books and TV shows. — Jeffrey Dean Morgan Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read. — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
“He believed books had an aura that protected him, that without one beside him he would die. He happily slept without women.… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“Why are you doing this?” One of his hands caressed the books. “Because books are made to be read,” I told him.… — Katherine Allred Copy Share Image
She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had published a co-edited book with Oxford a decade ago, my first book actually. Years later I found myself having lunch… — Patricia Leavy Copy Share Image
“Robert Jackall’s book [ Moral Mazes ] impressed on me that corporate dress serves a far more important function than mere body… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“As for me, I'm on a search and have been, I now realize, all my life - to find books to help… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“I generally read every night before I fall asleep: Brad does too. I find it comforting to lie beside my husband, each… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
“A novel, in which all is created by the author's whim, must strike a more profound level of truth, or it is… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
“Who is Fox?", I asked. "Policeman Fox is the third of us," said the Sergeant, "but we never see him or hear… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
When I travel, I can leave everything at home apart from books. I curate my holiday reading rigorously and would be devastated… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is like giving birth. Marketing a book is like giving birth in the 12th century.” — John Heartfield Copy Share Image
What to do Before Your Book Launch is the new invaluable tool for writers. There is so much to know and now… — Julie Klam Copy Share Image
In the most self-protective of ways, I don't think about the reader when I'm writing - I just think about the story. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I read books when I have time. I probably spend a third of the time watching TV, and the rest of it… — Mark Mendoza Copy Share Image
“If I read our story backwards, it's about how I un-broke your heart, and then we were happy until one day, you… — Tiny book of Tiny Stories Copy Share Image
You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
Working on an essay versus a novel is like the difference between seeing to that curtain and seeing to New Jersey. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I think the most important things my book does is to give readers the address of George Monbiot's website and how to… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school, or steal my Daddy's cue and make a living… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book. — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside… — David Frum Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being in touch with this lost world while holding onto what… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Because they feel that without them telling you to do this, you wouldn't have had the characters that you have, you wouldn't… — Dan DeCarlo Copy Share Image
As a reader, I have always enjoyed 'ranty' books, but they are all written by men. — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it’s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn’t exist. — August Kleinzahler Copy Share Image
And indeed, what is better than to sit by one's fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I read a lot of books and I've read a lot about how to understand and interpret body language. I've studied that. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel. — William Nicholson Copy Share Image
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