“Think of these books as doors. Open them and let their ideas stir your mind. Study them and they become weapons.” — Anna K. Lane Copy Share Image
No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets. — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I tend to only read comics written by friends or people I've known. And I'm not a great comic reader. — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
There is a big difference between the books that men make and the book that makes men. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You can't make someone a Soul Mate...either they are or they're not."-Serena Jade author of Charismatic Connection: The Authentic Soul Mate Experience” — Serena Jade Copy Share Image
“You know the old bit," he said. "You're on a deserted island. You can have five books. Which do you choose? I… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enough to qualify. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
“Praise be to Allah, who revealed the Book, controls the clouds, defeats factionalism, and says in His Book: 'But when the forbidden… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
The most painstaking phase comes when the manuscript is set in 'type' for the first time and the first proofs of the… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
I attempt to read one book every day. I don't always achieve that, especially when I'm traveling. But when I'm home, I… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
The death of the music business was insane, but audio recordings have been around now for maybe 120 years. Books have been… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
We dare them to apply a principle for 40 days to their kids. They don't have to be 40 consecutive days...Already people… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
“The appropriation of history, the historicization of the past, the narrativization of society, all of which give the novel its force, include… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that… — Ken Thompson Copy Share Image
Accused of spreading pornography on the communications revolution, notat all fair, here are the best of literature available that you do not… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet. — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“[Carlos] Ruiz Zafon holds dear the belief that when you read a book, you take a holiday in the brain of the… — Helen Pitts Copy Share Image
“My work comprises one vast book like Proust's except that my remembrances are written on the run instead of afterwards in a… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“Klaus had not told his siblings about the book, because he didn't want to give them false hope.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
Horror can be contained within a book, given form and meaning. But in life, horror has no more form than it does… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“a novel by Ron Hansen titled The Kid, the best story I ever read about the Lincoln County cattle wars.” — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens.… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“Whatever problem you’re struggling with is probably addressed in some book somewhere written by someone a lot smarter than you.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind … and a mind needs books as… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I did not think much what I was writing them for, except that I knew I wanted my next novel to be… — Nicholas Mosley Copy Share Image
I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You… — P.B. Kerr Copy Share Image
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The flickering candlelight conspired with the silence, and we only interrupted each other’s reading to share a casual delight.” — Keith Donohue Copy Share Image
It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
“Readers are of two sorts: one who goes carefully through a book, and the other who as carefully lets the book go… — Douglas Jerrold Copy Share Image
Don't close the book of life because of stains of the past, just turn the page and start a new life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He is still, at times, astonished by her. She may be the most intelligent woman in England, he thinks. Her books may… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
I think it's easy to get a book in a bookstore. I think it's just damn near impossible to get a book… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
I was in the beginning when [comic book superheroes] started, but not anymore. Now I expect it. I've gotten very used to… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“One should only speak where one cannot remain silent, and only speak of what one has conquered —the rest is all chatter,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image