Short chaps evolved naturally, but I didn't title and number them till much later. I like short chaps, like short books too,… — Poe Ballantine Copy Share Image
Of course, with Papaveria Press, you know the book itself is going to be beautiful. — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Boys think of girls like books if the cover doesn't catch their eyes, they don't bother to read what's inside. — KAriana Copy Share Image
I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“Owning a book is a third of the goal. The others are actually reading it and applying it.” — Israel Wayne Copy Share Image
“they do have these things called bookstores there. I've heard tell that if you give them money, they let you leave with… — Lauren Morrill Copy Share Image
“In the meantime, there is not an hour to lose. I am about to visit the public library.” — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“Oh, dear reader, it was hard to yell such words at my own handsome visage, but I did. Such was my courage.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The Chicken Soup for the Soul' books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches. The first… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
For example, an author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
“What the author of Genesis wants to tell us, I think, is that man, when united with God, is not divided. In… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
If the Book of the Law could be forgotten for so many years, who knows what was done to it during those… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I've never read a book on shape. I've read books on gesture; I've read tons of books on color, surface, field, ground,… — Amy Sillman Copy Share Image
I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
“I am told that César Aira writes two books a year, at least, some of which are published by a little Argentinean… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“Don't be afraid of what others may think. Your creativity belongs to you, your inspiration, your imagination is all yours. Be passionate… — Sheila Renee Parker Copy Share Image
Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
“Pigbog wished he’d paid more attention to the Book of Revelation. If he’d known he was going to be in it, he’d… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A plain narrative of any remarkable fact, emphatically related, has a more striking effect without the author's comment. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Our tradition says that Jesus is God. Maybe we should act as if we think he is instead of worshipping a book.” — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people… — Ed Bradley Copy Share Image
Those who say they would write a book if only they had time will never become authors. — Catherine Cookson Copy Share Image
If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
It frequently happens that I begin a novel with just a visual image of something, a vague sense of people in three… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I have been shown so much kindness in my life, so for me to write books about good, kind people seems completely… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Over the years, people I've met have often asked me what I'm working on, and I've usually replied that the main thing… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Whenever I teach you always learn something. Some of the greatest things you learn, aren't always in books. - Mr. Bucon” — Brooke Alexander Zoey Porter Copy Share Image
A book is like carrying a garden in your pocket. It always is full of life, new smells, and new things to… — Curly Copy Share Image
You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
It often requires more courage to read some books than it does to fight a battle. — Sutton Elbert Griggs Copy Share Image
Rhetoric takes no real account of the art in literature and morality takes no account of the art in life. — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
There was I, devouring books and yet allowing a man who had never read a book to walk me home for a… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Poetry is the essence of life in which twinkling lights tickle the minds of readers and take them to a world where… — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
I do recall how I got the ideas for some of my books. Many of them are a result of doodling. — Bill Peet Copy Share Image
As a traveler, I should probably count myself fortunate to be living in the jet age, and as an author, I know… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader’s senses” — Steve Aylett Copy Share Image
After the success of Stephen's book, a whole new crowd of people became very interested in him, and the family was just… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
