I never have written every day. When I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I always try to take Saturday… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Reality is what we tell to go screw itself every time we write or read a book, shoot or watch a movie.” — Garrett Robinson Copy Share Image
“In fact, my experiences as I was writing the 3:16 book weren't that different from writing computer books, although I wasn't using… — Donald E. Knuth Copy Share Image
“Try to understand what the author wished to do, and do not blame him for not achieving what he did not attempt.” — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Never read anything that you wouldn't want to read out loud - - to your mother.” — Mary Ellen Edmunds Copy Share Image
I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book,… — B.o.B Copy Share Image
Though a simple book can be written on selected topics, the central doctrines of economics are not simple and cannot be made… — Alfred Marshall Copy Share Image
A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
For books [Charles Darwin] had no respect, but merely considered them as tools to be worked with. ... he would cut a… — Francis Darwin Copy Share Image
“You have been abroad then?” said Henry, a little surprised. “Oh! No, I only mean what I have read about. It always… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“All stories come to an end. That moment when we sigh and close the book, perhaps sit back in our chair and… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“The last time Anna had really read anything was when she was a student. José Saramago’s Blindness. It had left her perplexed.… — Nina George Copy Share Image
While I strongly encourage my readers to take advantage of the Internet and social networking platforms to gain a greater understanding of… — Alexa Von Tobel Copy Share Image
“In the final analysis, the book of job is asking this great question: Is there a living God beyond what we can… — Fleming Rutledge Copy Share Image
“The author describes Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn as "seldom at ease without a gavel in his hand.” — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
“Some of my problems I solved with my sword. But many others, I solved with books. They might look unassuming, but there… — Linsey Hall Copy Share Image
I don't begin a novel with a shopping list - the novel becomes my shopping list as I write it. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“You don't spend your life hanging around books without learning a thing or two.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
I can't stand it when writers moan about what film-makers might do or have done to their books. There's a very simple… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Everyone’s got someplace to be. Finding God is not on the schedule. - The sun is also a star” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
the great novels have marched with the years. They are the contemporaries of time. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn't know about gurus and wise people-I wasn't a… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“What’s the fastest route to the library in Peachtree City? (Carlos) What? You’ve got an overdue book? (Gabrielle)” — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
It is good to be well connected with English language, literature and history, but the knowledge of our culture and roots is… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Activities that promote mind-wandering, such as reading literature, going for a walk, exercising, or listening to music, are hugely restorative. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
You may not be a fan of Twitter-fiction. That's okay. There are novels out there for you - big ones. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever. — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
“A smoke, a book, a cup of coffee. These are the little things that get us through this sometimes weary world and… — R.M. Engelhardt Copy Share Image
“You felt as though the book took as much interest in you as you did in it and was willing to help… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
I was not happy as a child, although from time to time I was content. I lived in books more than I… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I was surprised recently to find a book called "Poetry in Persons" that's coming out about visit to poets to a class… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I would like my books to stand as a tool to unbind children from expectations of poetry because it should free the… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
[The Return of the Prodigal book] came out of my emotional and spiritual journey during the four months I was gone from… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Really good literature is seldom appreciated in its own day. The best authors die poor, the bad ones make money - it's… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.' — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
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