I think that you have to keep the reader front and centre if you're going to write something that people are going… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
As Tony [Blair] said in his book, Gordon [Brown] was brilliant and impossible. If he'd just been one of those things, the… — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
When you broadcast your book reading voluntarily, it creates moments of fascinating serendipity. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The anger is useful too because when things about the world upset you, that is really a fertile feeling to channel into… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I’d volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free. — Mohammad Hatta Copy Share Image
“Like his other books, Kershaw has written a rousing tale of little-known heroes . . . The Few marks Kershaw as a master storyteller." — Booklist” — Alex Kershaw Copy Share Image
“A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.” — Julien Gracq Copy Share Image
“When it comes to improving your life, reading the right book has an incalculable influence.” — DaManIAm Copy Share Image
“As an author my number 1 goal is to help others overcome despair...which is something that has plague me in my lifetime.… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
“Sure we all enjoy movies, books and TV shows that portray people putting principles ahead PFB personal gain. But it might be… — Chuck Lorre Copy Share Image
The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I do always know where I'm going in my books. I know the endpoint. I've written only two thousand words of my… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
“Smith in his book and with his life is telling us how to live. Seek wisdom and virtue. Behave as if an… — Russ Roberts Copy Share Image
“Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables, forced himself to write by disrobing and giving his clothing to his valet with strict instructions… — Wilma Davidson Copy Share Image
“I regard the Bible, especially the Old Testament, the same as I do most other ancient books, in which there is some… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“However, the major issue is not how many of these books are purchased but how many get used. Our Debased Head Honcho… — Don Hawkins Copy Share Image
“My favorite smells are freshly baked bread, the pages of an old book, and they way my boss’ ass smells when he’s… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM” — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream. — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
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I've never been one of those people, who subscribe to this notion that the book is dead. — George Brandis Copy Share Image
“Never mix books and bed. In the spectrum of excitement, sex & thought were on opposite ends. Both to be enjoyed, but… — Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason Copy Share Image
The essay must be artistically rendered: You must keep the reader engaged, whether with wit, conflict, mischief, and/or yes, with honesty. — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a Georgia author is a rather specious dignity, on the same order as, for the pig, being a Talmadge ham. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
My mother was a big reader, and my father was an editorial writer for a newspaper. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
If you stay by the book, it's not always going to work. You've got to venture off a little bit. But you… — Matt Cain Copy Share Image
I have no illusions concerning the precarious status of my tales and do not expect to become a serious competitor of my… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“Books should to one of these four ends conduce, For wisdom, piety, delight, or use.” — John Denham Copy Share Image
The folks I read as a kid really set me up. I owe a huge debt to Ray Bradbury and Madeleine L'Engle. — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“[ Fahrenheit 451 ] is a book of warning. It is a reminder that what we have is valuable, and that sometimes… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I know that some people use lavender, incense, and cake as sedatives, but for me, a 'nose bath' in an old book… — Alex Guarnaschelli Copy Share Image
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Comics were not something that as a young kid you could say you were into in Manchester, Missouri. Kids did not read… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
“I thought again what an achievement a book is, a magic box simultaneously holding the presence of the author and the wonders… — Ivan Doig Copy Share Image
I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“Book publishing is a passion that one hopes eventually becomes a good paying job.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
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