Jonathan Lethem's 10th novel, 'The Blot,' is engaging, entertaining, and sharp for its first two-thirds. Then it goes to hell. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“ autonomy , n . "I want my books to have their own shelves", you said, and that's how I knew it… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“For propaganda, of course. It’s all in your own book. How can we persuade others to be good, without evil we can… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if it's easier to address tough themes through humor, but I do think it's more fun and makes such… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
The climate stubbornly refuses to co-operate with computer models and the writers of alarmist popular articles and books. — Ian Plimer Copy Share Image
Besides, most of the books I like involve people I could never play in a million years. — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
I'm not 'Mr. No-By-The-Book.' I just want to make sure the character is by the book. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“There probably are, but you would need a thaumaturge for that. They have books upon books of old magic. We only have… — Victoria Escobar Copy Share Image
“Part of the beauty—and it is the original flaw in this type of literature, from which the famous Lundis are not exempt—lies… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Novels are more difficult simply because they are longer and require more juggling, but short stories are closer to perfection, if you… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I'm definitely excited by big ideas, both in what I write and what I read. Most days, reality is so mind-numbingly dull… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
“The book explains – and, perhaps more importantly, photographically illustrates – death of human beings by all sorts of means. Gunshot, knife,… — Massad Ayoob Copy Share Image
I think Roosevelt proves himself to be the ultimate political force in this book. He really wasn't for primaries until he realized… — Geoffrey Cowan Copy Share Image
“The books were old and well worn, the cover of one of them had nearly broken through in its middle, and it… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
I'm certainly a plot and character man. Themes, structure, style - they're valid components of a novel and you can't complete the… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter. — David Benioff Copy Share Image
I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books. — Leighton Meester Copy Share Image
In her new book, Sarah Palin says she once gave up chocolate for an entire year just to prove she could do… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I have lost all sense of home, having moved about so much. It means to me now--only that place where the books… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“A good book will pull you in from the beginning and take you on a journey you'll never forget.” — Lauren Hammond Copy Share Image
I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Fiction writing is an act of imagination, lived experience is secondary in many ways, writing a novel really is all about inventing… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
When I look for self-help books for myself, I used to be scared that I was going to pick up a book… — Vinny Guadagnino Copy Share Image
“Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction… — Charles Van Doren Copy Share Image
A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I think 'Beasts of No Nation' is a novel that hopefully will affect each person who reads it in a different way. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
You know, I've always been really interested in this stuff, and I'm going to read this. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I've read the Bible. I think the Bible's a great book, but it's a novel. It's beautifully written and la-di-da, but people… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“then to write this book. Jobs surprised me by readily acknowledging that he would have no control over it or even the… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Sundays are great for a lie in, a read of the papers, a potter around at home and then brunch, which is… — Rachel Khoo Copy Share Image
“a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.” — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time. — Dick Bruna Copy Share Image
I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime. — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
Primarily I am a passionately religious man, and my novels must be written from the depth of my religious experience. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“You’ll get so tired of Blair Water — you’ll know all the people in it — what they are and can be… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“No matter how poor he was at communicating with people, with books he could engage in deep, quiet dialogue.” — Shion Miura Copy Share Image
No one who loves life can ignore literature, and no one who loves literature can ignore life. — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
