I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the… — Norman Rush Copy Share Image
“Although unanswered prayer is indeed a theme of the book, it is not the heart of the book, for unanswered prayer describes… — Jerry Sittser Copy Share Image
Constant reading will pull you into a place - a mind-set, if you like the phrase - where you can write eagerly… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Every time you think of escaping mentally or physically, grab the book that lies inches away from your heart.” — Muna Adnan Naqi Copy Share Image
The Book of Revelation is all about the conflict, the contest between the forces of Good and Evil. — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
“And so we gain hope—not from the darkness of our suffering, not from pat answers in books, but from the God who… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Now we not only need to say more about the Book of Mormon, but we need to do more with it. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, so we have a lot of… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
“I didn't doubt for a moment that she had read them all, or that they were the right books to own. Further,… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
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We did tons of research. We went to visit a prison. We had speakers. We have read tons of supplementary material, books… — Jenji Kohan Copy Share Image
“One of the reasons that metaphor and symbolism are important in books is because they are also important to life. Like, for… — John Green Copy Share Image
For years, I've pushed the idea of a column compilation book mainly because it would be easy - I could just staple… — Michael Musto Copy Share Image
Anyways, I am a nerd, bookworm, geek... whatever you want to call me. I'm the type of person that would rather sit… — Jacqueline Emerson Copy Share Image
Just think how many books I could've sold if Harry had been a bit more creative with his wand." -[On the success… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The resultant tales from life are stirring reader interest, survivor passions and unease among Britons. — Francis X Clines Copy Share Image
I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have… — E. Nesbit Copy Share Image
“I am in this world, but no longer of this world.” ========== The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel (Mitchell, David)” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
“I sometimes think my style is suggestive rather than direct. The reader must often use his imagination or lose the most subtle… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
I want people to be open to the idea of sitting down and reading a Dickens book. They will also have a… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
I've never been able to write a book without one very strong character in my rucksack. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon. — John Doerr Copy Share Image
An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
For there is a wind or a ghost of wind in all books echoing the life there, a high wind that fills… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
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When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature.… — Joan Collins Copy Share Image
I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
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One of my favorite moments in that book [As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth] was when something happened… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist win. It's just how… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
During long car rides to the set, after I study my script, I go onto my iPad to read books and play… — Nolan Gould Copy Share Image
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After all, it is a common weakness of young authors to put too much into their papers. — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image
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We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire. — George Sand Copy Share Image
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