I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format. — Dick Bruna Copy Share Image
“You can never read bad literature too little, nor good literature too much.” — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Didn't books say that too: that there is always price to pay for happiness? — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
“She marched to the door and said, "if I ever marry, Patrick O'Sullivan, I shall make sure that my mate for life… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
When you write a roman a clef, there is a tendency on the part of the reader to wonder how much of… — Dave Itzkoff Copy Share Image
If a writer disbelieves what he is writing, then he can hardly expect his reader to believe it. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
When I am playing, I try to keep the genre very easy-going and breezy. I can't be into the book and not… — Mithali Raj Copy Share Image
“No music book has ever succeeded in miraculously replacing the listening experience.” — Lorenzo Ferrero Copy Share Image
My philosophy on writing books is that if you learn only one new thing, or even get a new take on something… — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
There are all sorts of books offering advice on how to deal with life-threatening situations, but where's the advice on dealing with… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
It is impossible to look into the Bible with the most ordinary attention without feeling that we have got into a moral… — Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine Copy Share Image
“Very early on, near the beginning of my writing life, I came to believe that I had to seize on some object… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
“A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will… — Mick Foley Copy Share Image
I think I'm an optimistic person. Ultimately I believe in people. I believe they can be robust. When my collection Delicate Edible… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“Like most music that affects me deeply, I would never listen to it while others were around, just as I would not… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
My first book deal was for two Mark Genevich novels. I hadn't planned on writing a second Genevich novel, but I was… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“Fresh from the rarefied environments of Harvard, the author says he purposefully took journalism jobs in small southern towns so that he… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
