Life's too slippery for books, Clarice; anger appears as lust, lupus presents as hives. — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?' — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“The only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM” — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
We read, frequently if not unknowingly, in search of a mind more original than our own. — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
People underestimate hip-hop the way they have sometimes underestimated comic books. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine literature will come only when we replace hatred for man with love… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires. — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
My advice to writers is: READ! A lot. Then read some more. read, read, read, read! — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
One of our books has been made into a musical, 'The Great American Mousical,' which I directed at the Goodspeed Opera House… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
Solitary reading will enable a man to stuff himself with information, but without conversation his mind will become like a pond without… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
“An emotion clamped down on her heart. It squeezed her into a terrible silence. But he said nothing after that, only her… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“Fiction does something unique in that it takes us out of our heads and puts us into other people's heads. And I… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“His poems have no capital letters in them, which is, I believe, the essence of modernity. His books are about unpleasant people… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It seems like the Western genre has crept out of its casings during the last few years, and expanded to include books… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
Only thanks to blissful ignorance, and the inspiration of my grandparents' story, did I actually believe tackling a novel would be an… — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
When I sign books, I get lines of people and what they usually say is: "Thank you. You have changed my life."… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“going out late at night and laying in the dewy field and reading a Kurt Vonnegut book by moonlight.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“I've heard of a guy in Chicago who advertises in the phone book under "Wizard",though that's probably a urban legend.” — Benedict Jacka Copy Share Image
To keep something around just because it is already on the books, I think, is wrong. — Sam Graves Copy Share Image
I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I've never seen an 'English' books section in, well, an English bookshop, but in Scotland, most bookshops have a set of shelves… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The Chinese have a habit of reading. Many families regard books as the most valuable family asset. — Li Yuanchao Copy Share Image
Josie, life is not a Mills and Boon book. People fall out of love. People disappoint other people and they find it… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“How many of us readers say this quote and mean it. "If I knew what I know now life would be different"…” — Robert Reed Copy Share Image
A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more… — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
'Dexter,' while the pilot shares moments with the novel that created the character of Dexter, they completely abandoned the book from that… — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
If you go to Germany and get drunk, at some point you will try to look up Hitler in the phone book. — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
“Her skin smells of vintage books and pale moonlight, exotic things, forbidden loves and rainy nights.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
“As an author I'm in my head all day and I worry that I lose touch with reality. But then my dog… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
“Books crawl down from the shelves; Read themselves through you; Read themselves at you. - Library of Force ” — John Cale Copy Share Image
Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
Say, did you read what this writer just dug up in George Washington's diary? I was so ashamed I sat up all… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Most of the books call Her a He, but I am able to ascertain what is meant, despite that semantic error. — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
I am thrilled to be taking part in 'Hogfather.' I am a huge fan of Terry Pratchett's books, and to play the… — David Jason Copy Share Image
I hope Anne's book will have an effect on the rest of your life so that insofar as it is possible in… — Otto Frank Copy Share Image
“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.” — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
“Chapters - Life has many different chapters for us. One bad chapter doesn’t mean the end of the book.” — Edenia Archuleta Copy Share Image
“There wasn’t an official rule book that he knew of, but he was pretty sure a guy didn’t bend his best damn… — Shannon Stacey Copy Share Image
