In the English books, the American kids' books, typically, there is a problem, the characters grapple with that problem, and the problem… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Books will soon be obsolete in the schools... Our school system will be completely changed in the next ten years. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside. — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
When you have an iPad and 75 books on it, it's so easy to go, 'I'm bored, I'm just going to read… — Eddie Kaye Thomas Copy Share Image
There was a different ending to 'New Moon' originally. It was a much quieter book. It was very much all in Bella's… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
The search for the word gets no easier but nobody else is going to write your novel for you. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When you read a comic book, there's a space between what's happening on the panel and what you have to literally see… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“While the consequences are often quite hellish, I am absolutely and perhaps permanently against ignoring books recommended from the heart by very… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I think writing novels has taught me more about the value of patience and being organized. I've learned to use timelines and… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
You've got to love libraries. You've got to love books. You've got to love poetry. You've got to love everything about literature.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Stephen's work does not call out to him in this way. It does not speak to him of secrets and stories. He… — Maya Lang Copy Share Image
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare… — Francesca Annis Copy Share Image
Then one day I read about a book that said that the church is the only army that shoots its wounded. — Keith Miller Copy Share Image
“I was dying, I realized vaguely. There was no getting out of that. The vampire author would be drained dry by a… — Mari Mancusi Copy Share Image
It's not that I studied everything in books, I just learned things from my real life experiences. An experience; an asset for… — Jessel Jane Zozobrado Copy Share Image
I didn't have any brothers or sisters, so I did a lot of stuff where I entertained myself playing games, reading a… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
A man of letters, merely by reading a phrase, can estimate exactly the literary merit of its author. — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction. — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Nor did I forget what is the natural pleasure of every man who has been a reader;… filling the shelves of a… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I always joke that every novel is really about the same thing: one person's struggle against society. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'll maybe write a book - I wish people read more. But I don't know about developing and starring in a show… — Janelle James Copy Share Image
I'm going to name a name: Janet Evanovich. She writes the same book over and over, and I read every single one… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Indeed, adherents of scriptural authority show distressingly little curiosity about the (normally highly dubious) historical origins of their holy books.” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“I want to write a book so long that it will take the average person their whole life to read. It will… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“In this book we will synthesize a single algorithm will all these capabilities: Our quest will take us across the territory of… — Pedro Domingos Copy Share Image
I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
“When a man solved his problems by punching them, books were often a foreign thing.” — Brian McClellan Copy Share Image
Learning from a first-hand experience is a much better teacher than a text book!! — Adaeze Don Copy Share Image
“Books aren't made of pages and words.Tehy are made of hopes,dreams and possibilities.” — Harlequin Copy Share Image
A precious, mouldering pleasure 't is, to meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege I think. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I'm not much of a cook. I used to keep books in my gas oven - until someone told me it was… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
I never write a book unless I can't help it. Something has to bother me, like a mosquito, until I have to… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me. — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
