I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it… — Bruce Tognazzini Copy Share Image
Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases. — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
A personal essay often includes some or a lot of personal confession. That makes the reader feel less lonely in their confusion… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
“Some books sold because they are (said to be) great. Some are (said to be) great because they sold.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“The book didn’t generate anything. All it did was give people a chance to express the biases they had before they even… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
People are unwilling to enforce the laws on the books. Instead, they make more laws. Why can't we get this right? — Kathy Szeliga Copy Share Image
The young man who has the combination of the learning of books with the learning which comes of doing things with the… — William S. Knudsen Copy Share Image
“To extend the digital metaphor, both rivals must also reconsider the fitness of their apps for the twenty-first century. In his book… — Graham Allison Copy Share Image
I've been doing short-form writing for a decade, and six years ago I signed with an agent, and we've been working on… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
Well, I was always really mature for my age. I'm an above-age reader. I'm not trying to come off like, 'I have… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
“I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I shall tell you what I believe. I believe God is a librarian. I believe that literature is holy...it is that best… — Sarah Smith Copy Share Image
The New Testament is an invaluable book, though I confess to having been slightly prejudiced against it in my very early days… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
If I'm doing something I know I can pull off, then that's not the book I should be writing. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
What terrifies me is that I might somehow endorse that view so people think they don't have to read books anymore. — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
I like to hear from my readers, and I like to feel like I'm part of a bigger community of readers and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
As the author you know how you want it to appear on screen and it's always the content dictating the form. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
When I wrote my book I wanted to love someone. I wanted to be in love. Now I know that I shall… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
The mind reels at the multiplication of books intended to justify the author's promotion from assistant to associate professor. — C. Northcote Parkinson Copy Share Image
I always carry a book with me to read on the bus, and I tend to arrive everywhere early. — Amanda Knox Copy Share Image
I spend so long writing each of my novels that by the time I'm done with one, I'm ready to discover a… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Freeing Your Child from Anxiety is an excellent book, one of the best of its kind. — Judith S. Beck Copy Share Image
The reader wants to see something happen between pages one and four hundred, and nothing happens if the characters don't change. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“In every book she’d ever read, the heroine was subject to self-doubt and unjust criticism. And in every case, it only served… — Kathleen Tessaro Copy Share Image
In books they don't have deleted scenes, like with DVDs. You could have your deleted scene in a book as well! — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
My favorite aspect of being an author has always been visiting different communities and meeting my readers face to face. — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
“I was born to use papers and books to speak up. I was born to use my pen to defend my views… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
Authors and artists are still afraid of breaking away as far as [William Burroughs] did... And he did it in the 50s! — Yony Leyser Copy Share Image
It is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Josiah has a tremendous reputation in the text. He rediscovered the Book of the Law; you remember how Hilkiah the High Priest… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the… — Jackie Kennedy Copy Share Image
Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book. — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
I read more books than you can imagine on all sorts of odd topics, which is something that I love. — Scott Hutchins Copy Share Image