If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you… — Wayne Rooney Copy Share Image
I'm never, I hope, stupid enough to believe that Twitter or blogging or any of this stuff is a substitute for actually… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
All literature has this moral strain, but in Russian literature, it's particularly sharp. — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
I love drawing. It's a passion of mine, and I'm a creative person. I always have my sketch book with me. — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
“You're the absolute protagonist of this book, very well; but do you believe that gives you the right to have carnal relations… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I write books and songs and all sorts of bits and pieces on the side. It's important to have that creative outlet… — Carrie Hope Fletcher Copy Share Image
I spend so much time on the Internet...I feel like I'm a million pages into the worst book ever, and I'm never… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
If you are pointing out one of the things a story is about, then you are very probably right; if you are… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine not reading. Some books, of course, are like lovers; you go to bed with them once and fall asleep… — Joe Bennett Copy Share Image
There's nothing definite yet. Of course, any time you have a book, there's going to be book signings and stuff. We'll do… — Scotty Moore Copy Share Image
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The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
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My parents were only one part of my lineage. I also met a number of mentors, one of whom I nicknamed "Socrates"… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
The two things I enjoy the most about writing are the first page of a book and the last. What's in between… — Rachel Gibson Copy Share Image
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My producing partner and I were shown a novel we really liked. It was called 'My Abandonment' by Peter Rock, and we… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
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“Much has been written on the subject of bed-books. The general consensus of opinion is that a gentle, slow-moving story makes the… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
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My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
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I like to think that when I fall, A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea, This shelf of books along the wall, Beside… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is a book we all read... Love is a blessing we all need... Always be happy... Always have a smile... Cause… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Baby, when you were young and your heart was an open book, you used to say live and let live. You know… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
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Read o'er this And after, this, and then to breakfast with What appetite you have. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I have a lot of respect for people who write a whole book because I've heard it will kill you. — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
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