Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
There is a big difference between he who reads just because he knows how to read and he who does understand what… — Wagner T Matioli Copy Share Image
Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
When somebody's different, it's so easy to dismiss what people say because of what they look like. They really want to judge… — Ralphie May Copy Share Image
I collect books and I have some really, really old schoolbooks, and God is mentioned on every single page. — Dave Mustaine Copy Share Image
“An intelligent man will use a book to settle an argument. Preferably a hardback with a thick spine, flat across the bridge… — Shatrujeet Nath Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Life has so many different chapters. One bad chapter does not mean it's the end of the book! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had written three books [Games of Throne], at that point, and each one of them was better than the other. At… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Philip Galanes makes his debut with a novel that is both heartbreaking and deftly comic, the story of a young man struggling… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
“The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world, in respect to time and space. His… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
As a literary device, sugar and pastry carried so many nuances - the sweetness of the past, the danger of overeating and… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“In my junior year I discovered books. . . . Devoured [them] the way other kids did candy or sandwiches, spent days… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
“You may have wanted to read it when you bought it, but if you haven’t read it by now, the book’s purpose… — Marie Kondō Copy Share Image
My objective always is to stay as close as possible and shoot the pictures as if through the eyes of the infantryman,… — David Douglas Duncan Copy Share Image
In his anti-Darwinian book... (and eponymously named The Neck of the Giraffe ), Francis Hitching tells the story... "The need to survive… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Becoming a parent changed my life drastically and left me little time for leisure reading. — Ainsley Earhardt Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I hate it when I get so involved in a book or tv series I start living in it and then when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I like to read as much as I can from every genre. That way, I can express my love for all writers.” — Jen Selinsky Copy Share Image
It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Consider every step you take. Your future is unwritten. You're the author, make your story count. http:// — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush. — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
In this work are exhibited, in a very high degree, the two most engaging powers of an author. New things are made… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The way contemporary literature is emerging, soon we can expect "Item poetry" in novels.” — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
Why Bother Reading Books? We Have EMINEM He Can Read a Whole Story In 4 Minutes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all make mistakes, nobody ever wrote a book saying 'This is how you live your life.' — Jeremy Kyle Copy Share Image
“I don't think it has ever occurred to her that a text is written above all to be read and to arouse… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Remember that the reader's attention is yours for only a single instant. They will not use up their valuable time trying to… — John Caples Copy Share Image
“I read anything I saw lying around. Pulp fiction, great literature and everything in between - I gave them all the same… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
I have gone to [this bookshop] for years, always finding the one book I wanted - and then three more I hadn’t… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
I read certain things about history. I don't like fiction. I read about stuff that's real, stuff that's goin' on in the… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes people run out and read a lot of books, but they don't absorb anything from them. They want to read the… — Echo Bodine Copy Share Image
I never read comic books. I was just never a comic book fan, so it's not like I ever dreamed about playing… — Tobey Maguire Copy Share Image
“Apparently people who were in books actually sounded like a book when they talked. This was quite the surprising discovery.” — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
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