There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Though I may not . . . be able to quote other authors, I shall rely on that which is much greater… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you write a written book, you're gonna get slowed up by lawyers wanting to see what you say about this person,… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I have the same wind-down routine when I go to bed, whether I'm shooting or not. It's nothing too special - maybe… — Dacre Montgomery Copy Share Image
“You've written plenty of romantic tales," he said, taking the book from her hands and gently closing it. "Didn't you know I… — Kelly O. McNees Copy Share Image
A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature. — Julia Alvarez Copy Share Image
“When you cry when you read my book, it's not something inside my book that makes you cry, it's something inside you.” — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
You would have to be very optimistic to think that any of your books will be among the books that survive in… — James Salter Copy Share Image
Let us never accept the point of view that mysteries are written by hacks. The poorest of us shed our blood over… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“If you steal from one book you are condemned as a plagiarist, but if you steal from ten books you are considered… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and… — Clark Zlotchew Copy Share Image
“Oh, reading! There is something singularly unattractive about a woman reading a book, I always think. Hunched and squinting in a corner… — Kate Riordan Copy Share Image
First, hugely popular and talented romance/dark fantasy author Meljean Brook gives a really deep, wonderful story. She's clearly spent so much time… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I do think that science fiction ideas are best expressed through visual media like film and TV. Realist literature depicts things that… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to… — William Safire Copy Share Image
“Lena: I swore half the money I made waitressing at Joanna's went to buying books instead of filling my savings account, but… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
“If you know your enemy as you know your friend," her mother had said when she gave Mei the book, "then there… — Monk and Nigel Ashland Copy Share Image
“Dad got that faraway look in his eyes, the one that said he was about to go in search of really ancient… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
The greatest thing about writing a book is that at first it's all inchoate, but the more you work on it, the… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“People should not leave looking-glasses hanging in their rooms any more then they should leave open cheque books or letters confessing some… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Books were her easiest friends. They demanded nothing from her but her attention.” — Lorna Landvik Copy Share Image
If you are a conscious human being who has opinions about the world, then you will unconsciously put your own perspective into… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“so, what happened next will have to go down in my book of Bad Decisions, planted firmly in the chapter entitled, I… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
“Do you know how many times I've read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" to this kid? That is one fucked-up… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
You and I will always be friends." "Yet you poisoned me with a book once. I should not forgive that. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Books force you to give something back to them, to exercise your intelligence and imagination.” — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
True colours are bright & true love is real but literature never mentioned that life is not a fairy-tale. — Colynx Mckobby Akwetey Jnr Copy Share Image
That's how it is with books, isn't it: They're not in a hurry. They'll wait for you till you're ready. People empty… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Hungry for both fantasy and inspiration, readers crave protagonists who, after overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, triumph at the end of the day. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
It's never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it's as if you're chopping off appendages. It really feels… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
Yes I may be different and like things you don't but who are you to judge the cover of my book when… — Connor Sinnett Copy Share Image
Point-of-view is a matter that readers rarely pay attention to, yet it's one of the most important story decisions an author makes. — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living. — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
With every literary genre or form come some conventional expectations that the biblical authors either follow or deviate from. — Craig Blomberg Copy Share Image
To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me. — Jonathan Taylor Thomas Copy Share Image
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn… — Saint Bernard Copy Share Image
