I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She read every author she could get her hands on who wrote a strong female protagonist who triumphed in the end.” — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
What I realized is that my interest in literature has more deeply structured my practice than I thought. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, natural science at a stand, philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in darkness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hopefully, reading and being around great literature inspires me to write songs, but I'm not sure about that. — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I had access to books, and I could read... but that more foundational, basic historical awareness, I didn't have any of that. — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry. — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
“When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the meaning has to go find an author again. -… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I am sure everyone reading this book values their sleep, but I am a sleep enthusiast! My dream is to become one… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Ask anyone with a big book collection, and they'll tell you moving them was the hardest part of the move. Take down… — Lauren Leto Copy Share Image
While I was thinking about the next film to do, I was also reading this book by Diane Ackerman called 'The Natural… — Jeremy Podeswa Copy Share Image
As a comic book artist, once you become a master, you end up a slave. In fine art you're always free... since… — Mark Kostabi Copy Share Image
By what he chooses to present and by how he presents it, any author expresses his fundamental, metaphysical values. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“What’s the Nephilim motto again?” “ ‘We are dust and shadows,’ ” said Ty, not looking up from his book. “Some of us are… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
It did occur to me that certainly African-Americans are not underserved in picture books, but those books are almost all about specifically… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
The original theme of 'Beauty and the Beast' is don't judge a book by its cover. Love what's inside. — Jay Ryan Copy Share Image
“I came to realize that there is a special reason for me to be alive; my musings, my books, and my legacy.” — Ingrid Holm-Garibay Copy Share Image
This book is dedicated to the rule breakers, the troublemakers, and the revolutionaries. Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
“Books feel more intimate. And the people who go out of their way to read your writings, are initially more open to… — Robin S. Baker Copy Share Image
One of the great joys of my job is that you spend a huge amount of time investigating different areas of literature. — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
“You could fill a book with all the things you don't know,girl. In fact-I think someone may have already written it.But that's… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
The rules of grammar exist in large part to permit readers and writers to operate from a shared set of expectations. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“What you read when you don't have to will determine what you will be when you can't help it.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Poem in other words may or may not result from inspiration but must (in reader and author alike) produce it-- — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
“Do you want to become immortal? Do you want to live forever? Click here to discover how to become immortal now! Author,… — Theimmortalitysecret Copy Share Image
“But I didn't mind. I loved that everything was cataloged and ready to go and that I was technically now living and… — B.J. Novak Copy Share Image
“Didn't they like you? Didn't they, like you, need a heart that was a book with no last page? Turn the leaves.” — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Whatever we put out, it's coming back to us. The universe keeps a perfect set of books. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I saw a man clothed with rags . . . a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Call me territorial or narcissistic, but I avoid novels about people who share my vocation. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I get annoyed with movies or books, songs or records that deliberately try to make you feel a certain way. — M. Ward Copy Share Image
“Reading and writing dangerous books lets me be who I can't be and say what I can't say in everyday life.” — Carla H. Krueger Copy Share Image
Usually I read biographies of interesting people. I am not attracted to novels - make-believe, or recreations of what people think life… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“He nods, his eyes on her like he's reading a book he's just getting to the end of and can't be interrupted.” — Alden Bell Copy Share Image
I think my journalism is for readers who are smart and know that most people are lying to them, or being patronizing... — David Weigel Copy Share Image
