“There are some wives who require but a sentence. There are some who require a book. You, Miss Clarke, would require volumes.” — Sally Gunning Copy Share Image
'Underworld' was my first filmed book. I think there are about seven of my lines in it. — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
[Alex] Haley had a tendency to write even more frequently and voluminously to his agents and his editors than he did putting… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
“That’s the only problem with novels,’ Mia said. ‘They give readers such high hopes that the real world can often be a… — Victoria Connelly Copy Share Image
I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies… — Tom Araya Copy Share Image
We all would love the idea of people getting what's coming to them in books and in life, but sometimes the trajectory… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I hope and pray that I'll be one of those fortunate people who have many, many books to write. I don't begrudge… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“...nothing from the summer carries more lasting allure for me than the memory of sitting with Ruth on the bank of a… — Scott Russell Sanders Copy Share Image
Music endures and ages far better than books. Books, made of words, are unavoidably attached to ideas, events, conflict, and history, but… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I grew up reading the 'Village Voice' and wanting to be one of these multidisciplinary music writers, film writers, book writers. And… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Author sees the "congested idealism" of the generally discontent as reservoir that will support centralized power even while disagreeing with many specific… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
“When a reader falls in love with a book, it leaves its essence inside him, like radioactive fallout in an arable field,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter what you read. What matters is you read. Whether it’s Tolstoy or Twilight, Kierkegaard or Betty and Veronica, keep… — Trent Zelazny Copy Share Image
“But I loved those books or at least that first one. And I felt somewhere down deep inside him the person who… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
The only question I'd be interested in is what books other celebrities have read recently, which is part of my campaign to… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
If you die without agency as a child, but you have agency in your body [in the novel], how is it to… — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
“Humans are naturally social; civilization causes us to be antisocial." From my next book: The Five Forgotten Truths” — Kirk D. Sinclair Copy Share Image
“And if you haven't got a single book, the idea of putting your hand on one is like Christmas and a birthday… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I never met a librarian worth his or her salt who didn't perceive my passion for books. — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
My entire book was typed with three fingers and a very confident space-bar thumb. — Sarah Millican Copy Share Image
I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
A memoir is a book about some particular thread or theme or moment in a person's life, whereas an autobiography is the… — Richard Hell Copy Share Image
There's something very self-conscious about a writer who's addressing his reader. Don't do that. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin's book is big, 400 pages. She wrote the book herself and agonized over every word, and so will you. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, 'Ebony Magazine' was a must read in our household. In those pages I found our news, our… — Ayanna Pressley Copy Share Image
Saying the Bible is not a book about science is like saying a cookbook is not a book about chemistry. — Robert J. Marks II Copy Share Image
I drop longest verse more than the book of psalms…and every verse I drop in a track can kill lot of niggas… — Glenshoun Copy Share Image
“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue- you sell… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
People who grew up on my books are now able to get the point across to others that they're worth reading. — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
“This is also a book abut God, about what it means--and what it doesn't mean--to believe.” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“Consider me an open book" dev said. "Mi casa es su casa." Dev crinkled his nose and smelled the air. "Err, mi… — Jennifer Lynn Barnes Copy Share Image
I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
“My new book is going well. It’s practically writing itself! Actually, what I mean is I’m not writing it, my clone is.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
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