“Writing is about you. Publishing is about the book. Marketing is about the reader.” — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
“...ending a book with a sequel in such a way that the reader still has faith in the characters and in the… — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
“Dr. Barbara Reinhold, author of Free to Succeed: Designing Your Life in the New Free Agent Economy,” — Margaret Lobenstine Copy Share Image
Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I think when you're a writer most of what you read influences you. The rhythms get into your head. — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'You Suck,' in 2006, I constructed the diction of the book's narrator, perky Goth girl Abby Normal, from… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“The absence of attention to this way of talking about feelings and literature not only is specific to recent literary scholarship on… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
“There was something she found intensely attractive about a man with a thirst for knowledge. Marc's obsessive love of books had been--she… — Martin Edwards Copy Share Image
Waiting for the Electricity is a wildly original and ambitious debut, a novel that tackles cultural clashes with satirical hilarity. I haven't… — Jill Ciment Copy Share Image
It's intuitive in terms of when I read a piece of material or I hear about a project. I'm a writer, so… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
“Marcus Aurelius wrote in his wonderful book, Meditations, “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes… — Bohdi Sanders Copy Share Image
The Bible, that powerful book, has many effects: it comforts, counsels, instructs, and brings us into the presence of God. But trying… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
“At the time that this book is being written, I am single. If you've ever heard that song by Beyoncé, "Single Ladies",… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
“The lady who works in the grocery store at the corner of my block is called Denise, and she's one of America's… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them. — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
“I will discuss four of these themes in more detail: the nature of man, the nature of God, the influence of Deism,… — Grant Palmer Copy Share Image
Have you ever seen a chess article without a brilliant example of the author's own play? 'Silly question,' you will say. Quite. — Yuri Razuvaev Copy Share Image
Truly novel inventions emerge only in one's youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have always loved books, and as a mother, I wanted to share my passion for reading with my children. — Aerin Lauder Copy Share Image
There are many teenage vampire books you could have purchased instead. I'm grateful you made this choice. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter! — LaToya Jackson Copy Share Image
“He looked at the books, and she wanted to say, 'Stop that,' as though he were reading her diary.” — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“I hate anything superficial. But I will take the book and look at it, and tell you what I think of the… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“From childhood, she had regarded books as the emblems of a secret brotherhood.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“I always rip out the last page of a book. That way, it doesn't have to end. I hate endings.” — The Doctor Copy Share Image
“Enjoyment of literature is achieved only by reading without expectation but with anticipation.” — David McDonald Copy Share Image
When you adapt a book to a film, you take all the best parts and put them into an hour and 15… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
I can see he's not in your good books,' said the messenger. 'No, and if he were I would burn my library. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I don't believe a good poet is very often deliberately obscure. A poet writes in a way necessary to him or her;… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be. (Southey's reply to Charlotte Bronte)” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
“Importance of the random: keep brushing up against people, books, experiences we don't yet know what to do with.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“NOVEL, SHORT STORY. TRY TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME READING TO HELP RELEASE STRESS AND INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIS LIFE. http://www.noveldaily.com/ ” — Short story Copy Share Image
As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Be careful not to judge a book by its cover. What you think the story is and what it really reads, could… — Sarah Moores Copy Share Image
“So this, it seems, is the key for authors who want to live forever: You need to write about important things without… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I realize that books are not the entire world, even if they sometimes seem to contain it. But I need the stupid… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
