“I don't read much. I feel like, why read about someone else's life when you should be out living your own?” — Liv Constantine Copy Share Image
I have written about Chile extensively, and therefore I have read many books on the subject, mostly for research. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film. — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions. It remains the most published and most read… — Bernard Ramm Copy Share Image
To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
Everybody wants confidence but you don't find it in self help books. You find confidence in the Holy Spirit. — Rick Warren 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
“When I crawled down the rabbit hole into the pivotal event of my life--indeed the pivotal event of my generation--to write "Escape… — Dick Pirozzolo Copy Share Image
We looked at the Allman Brothers as the fathers of what was to be called Southern rock. In our book, if you… — Rickey Medlocke Copy Share Image
“HANNAH: …English landscape was invented by gardeners imitating foreign painters who were evoking classical authors. The whole thing was brought home in… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Now, in Scribner's window, I saw a book called The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy. I went inside, and took it off the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I often read nonfiction with a pencil in hand. I love the feel, the smell, the design, the weight of a book,… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
Honestly, I've been reading a lot of books on visual art. I've been reading a lot of books by Olivia Lang, I've… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
Fiction that intends to be something other than entertainment has a certain obligation, I think, to convince the reader, every time, that… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
The images of mens wits and knowledge remain in books. They generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others,… — Francis Bacon 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
“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.” — Aaron Swartz 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
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
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'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
“Her skin smells of vintage books and pale moonlight, exotic things, forbidden loves and rainy nights.” — Melody Lee 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
'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
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
“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
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
The Chinese have a habit of reading. Many families regard books as the most valuable family asset. — Li Yuanchao 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
“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
“going out late at night and laying in the dewy field and reading a Kurt Vonnegut book by moonlight.” — John Green 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
I learn so much on Twitter all the time, and it would be a shame not to share that with my readers. — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
