“What's happiness for a reader? Be pleasantly surprised by a book from which he expected nothing.” — Gabrielle Dubois Copy Share Image
It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
I didn't read comic books; that's not something that was really available to me as a child. We watched more cartoons and… — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
So I'm reading a book on my new iPad, but can't the iPad read it for me? Do I have to do… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
It is an author's primary duty to entertain. Sling out all the philosophical terms, but keep the reader turning the page. — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
The theater is so disappointing, really, that it's hard to go again and again. It's just too heartbreaking. I'd rather watch football… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
A lot of performing instincts are involved in the business of direction, but so is analysis and having a sense of literature. — Trevor Nunn Copy Share Image
Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
When I used to play golf. It's a terrible miserable game. It's incredibly frustrating. In 18 holes you make 150 horrible shots… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“one of the most pleasant qualities of a reader who has lived among books all his life is that he does not… — Maurice Francis Egan Copy Share Image
“A book alighted, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering. In the dim, wavering light, a page hung… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You could tell from the books whether a library was meant for show or not. Books that were used had an open,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
For those few of you who never heard of 'The Secret,' it's a worldwide best selling book touting the benefits of positive… — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
Whenever I see a film or read a book, the only thing which keeps me alive is acting and the fact that… — Supriya Pathak Copy Share Image
Having reached 451 books as of now doesn't help the situation. If I were to be dying now, I would be murmuring,… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“In old Chinese novels, especially in the Kimpeibai, usually after every ten or twenty pages of innocent description, the author invariably throws… — Ōgai Mori Copy Share Image
People sometimes think that I bring home all these old books because I'm addicted, that I'm no better than a hoarder with… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
Only in movies or books or TV do we have a chance to actually like aspects of a killer. — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
“Every time I read a book, especially one that grabs my gus, there is another translucent layer added to what makes me,… — Arlaina Tibensky Copy Share Image
I put a lot of pressure to keep working. And when I'm not working, my agent books three auditions a day. I'd… — Noureen DeWulf Copy Share Image
“People who look through keyholes are apt to get the idea that most things are keyhole shaped" Author unknown” — Lynelle Clark Copy Share Image
“ 'Books had always been my best friends and all I wanted to do was lose myself in them, and better yet… — Fae Sutherland Copy Share Image
“He stopped and glared at her. “It’s a lifetime commitment in my book, lady. It’s not an arrangement you nullify when things… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I try not to read acting books any more, but they set a high bar for me very early on. — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
“Accursed, blasted, heartless things [books]! Full of empty promises, full of false lures, always making you hungry, never satisfying you, never!” — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
If you have great characters, then your reader becomes emotionally invested in those people. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
He liked books if they were books of information and had pictures of grain elevators or of fat foreign children doing exercises… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Majestic and stately as Conrad Richter''s Awakening Land Trilogy, Evangeline is a big book from a big mind. — Katharine Weber Copy Share Image
“We were like little torn pieces from a book. Only together would we make sense.” — Kailyn Lowry Copy Share Image
“Not every classic book was the best thing ever. Each book has flaws, and it’s up to writers to change things.” — Tim Holtorf Copy Share Image
“A man reading the Dickens novel wished that it might never end. Men read a Dickens story six times because they knew… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I think Judy Blume, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz are the three authors responsible for my being where I am today. I… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
"You don't believe what you read in the papers about anything else; why do you believe it about the pope?" That's where… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
You can write a short story in two hours. Two hours a day, you have a novel in a year. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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