When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing does is… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
“The central theme of the book is that prayer is best understood as a long, sometimes perilous, epic journey that eventually leads… — Jerry Sittser Copy Share Image
There are different types of readers. People draw lines at which three things intersect: the character, the author, and the reader. — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it,… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“Newton showed that the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“When somebody says 'it's just a book' smile because they just don't understand.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
When a literary person's exhaustive work is over, the last thing he wishes to do is to talk books. — Fanny Fern Copy Share Image
“Two people at a cocktail party. One turns to the other and says: "I'm writing a novel." The other replies, "Neither am… — Private Eye Copy Share Image
“A book can tell you all the emotions and subtext that are so rarely aptly portrayed in film. You understand the nuances… — AnnaLisa Grant Copy Share Image
I think all tragedies are best told with some humor. You have to relieve the darkness to let the reader get through… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“She has read not just for distraction, sustenance, to pass the time, but she has read in a state of primal innocence,… — How It All Began Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“Shannon's books are not long at all as she feels that something should be left up to the reader; no you don't… — Shannon McRoberts Copy Share Image
“Feed your creative mind. Feed your joyful, selfless heart. Feed your soul to grow. Feed with books, music, painting or arts, Feed… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
Making fiction for children, making books for children, isn't something you do for money. It's something you do because what children read… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I've just finished a series of Olivia Manning novels. She's best known for two trilogies: Balkan Trilogy and Levant Trilogy. The six… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
“Do you want to be in our mob?" Elena asks him. "When did we get a mob?" he says. "We don't have… — Paul Acampora Copy Share Image
There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
During the '80s I wrote Memoirs from the Women's Prison. This is one of my most important books. It came out in… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“All the successful personalities had one common element, they all liked reading books.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
...with each new book of mine I have always the feeling that this time I have picked a lemon in the garden… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As I reread each book of the Bible, I fell in love all over again - not just with God's Word, but… — Jennifer Rothschild Copy Share Image
Publishing companies and a great many authors have missed the opportunity to capitalize on the very real relationships they create with their… — Vantile Whitfield Copy Share Image
Generally, I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
“For a moment I was distracted. Books always did that to me... I liked the creamy pages, the smell of ink, all… — Elizabeth C. Bunce Copy Share Image
“Reading books about gardens is a potent pastime; books nourish a gardener's mind in the same way as manure nourishes plants.” — Mirabel Osler Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to the figure of the ungrateful subaltern as a trope in literature. In real life, it is often dangerous to… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
“This book was made much better with the help of our beta readers: Alia Renee Capodici,” — India Drummond Copy Share Image
“Done to death by books? There were worse ways to go, even if you weren't a bibliophile.” — Martin Edwards Copy Share Image
I take pleasure as a reader in books that tease with a kind of urgency of the real, even if it's only… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
I write my books at moments of shock. I meet people in extremis and their stories are highly emotionally charged. — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
With plays that require any kind of reading program, I'm reading for a couple of years before using the material. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“We hate old friends: we hate old books: we hate old opinions; and at last we come to hate ourselves.” — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I don't believe in children's books. I think after you've read Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and Huckleberry Finn, you're ready for anything. — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
“Jesus,” he said, exasperated. “When we leave here, I’m stopping to buy you a self-help book.” — Alison Bliss Copy Share Image
Debut novels are difficult because nobody knows you... they just don't find a huge audience, because that's how the market works. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“I know the names of the books - their old covers bleached to palest greens or pinks by the endless cycle of… — Harriet Lane Copy Share Image
“Use what you stand for and what you oppose as a foundation to write great content that resonates with readers and creates… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I think precision in writing goes hand in hand with not trying to say everything. You try and say two-thirds, so the… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
People ask me what book politicians should read. They should read the life of Mahatma Gandhi. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
