“No. We never have read a line of Tolstoy. We studiously avoid doing so.” — Frederick Rolfe Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel is like running a marathon. Selling one is like building a castle. You gotta do it one brick at… — Charles R. Hall Copy Share Image
Reading books makes you smart, so if me reading makes me look like a nerd or a geek, then I am proud… — Shar-rae Copy Share Image
Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If this book has made any point clear, I hope it's that things don't have to be real to be true. Or… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Very deep. You should send that in to the Reader's Digest. They've got a page for people like you. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
It was pretty much the way that it was when I first read it, although one exception would be that some ideas… — Chiaki Kuriyama Copy Share Image
“...readers who think I have answers when all I have are a few pointed questions...” — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
If a book isn't teaching me something, pulling something out of me, then it will be dull for me and the reader. — Scott Spencer Copy Share Image
“How must it have felt, Pikes, the night they seized your films, like entrails yanked from the camera, out of your guts,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Titles are important; I have them before I have books that belong to them. I have last chapters in my mind before… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Prisoners do different things. Some write, some read. Some engage in athletic events and working out and some do all of that.… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
Carla Hesse has given us an astonishing new look at women's struggle for independent expression and moral autonomy during the French Revolution… — Natalie Zemon Davis Copy Share Image
“I saw a banner hanging next to city hall in downtown Philadelphia that read, "Kill them all, and let God sort them… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“me thinking straight. I take a shower, get dressed and make another cup of coffee, and then I sit down in the… — Paula Hawkins Copy Share Image
“The echoes of the past reveal that it is through transcending the duality of positive and negative that one gains wisdom; it… — Unathi Magubeni Copy Share Image
No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“One day, I'll sit down with all my books around me, and just start reading.” — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers. — Ernest Dimnet Copy Share Image
Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves. — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“... a monologue defines its author as reliably as his fingerprints.” — Marcelo Figueras Copy Share Image
It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I know some writers that have a million novel ideas, but I don't. — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Gypsies are, to say the least, underrepresented in literature and film. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
