“Books should grow the soul - while the reader has a little fun along the way.” — A.K. Frailey Copy Share Image
I never want to feel constrained by writing a novel for a specific audience. — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing. — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
Writers are so used to books being optioned and then the movie never happens. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“He can’t take his eyes off the stars, but I can’t take mine off his face.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I still do believe that form and content are very much related. I think throwing away some of the rule books on… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
I love to fool my readers, but in a good way. If you've read any of my work, there's a good chance… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“I've read about a chapter a night in the Book of Magic. I'm almost finished with it.” — Candace Knoebel Copy Share Image
Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books... — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun.” — Kevin Smokler Copy Share Image
There's a book called The Women's Room by Marilyn French that was a really big part of my personal feminist awakening growing… — June Diane Raphael Copy Share Image
I like small books. I like durable books. I like plain books. I like small type and thin pages. — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a kind of screen saver for your brain — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“All right, then,” she snapped, “do as you please! Perhaps afterward we could manage a coherent discussion.” Twisting beneath him, she flopped… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Kathleen Norris, on the publication of her 78th book. 'All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“Hackers, makers, programmers, engineers, nerds, techies — what we’ll call “geeks” for the rest of the book (deal with it) — we’re… — Jeff Potter Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And wouldn't it… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
“The man who takes up nothing but a newspaper, but reads it to think, to deduct conclusions from its premises, and form… — Cecil B. Hartley Copy Share Image
I imagine the earth when I am no more: Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley. Yet the books will… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
“You may think you see plenty of stars, friend reader, but you are wrong. Night is both blacker and more brilliant than… — Marie Brennan Copy Share Image
My parents read me some typical children's books: 'Green Eggs and Ham,' 'The Little Engine That Could,' 'Peter Rabbit.' But I quickly… — James Holzhauer Copy Share Image
