“This is what I want for my students, to lose and find themselves in books.” — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
“What a scholar one might be if one knew well only some half a dozen books.” — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“The best books inspire you to be better and get up and do something!” — Storytime Corner Copy Share Image
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Going back to a person in the past, is like reading a book you have already read, you already know how it… — Bless Tom Copy Share Image
We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“An author is just someone who remembers their dreams a little better than some others.” — T.C. Slonaker Copy Share Image
Stephen King has the exact ability that Charles Dickens had. To get to his readers in spite of or despite anything the… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You can't go to Amazon and order a book on how you handle grief. There's books on it, sure. But there's no… — Jim Ross Copy Share Image
“I'm getting very sorry for the Devil and his disciples such as the good LeChiffre. The Devil has a rotten time and… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Whenever people say they didn't like the main character of a book, they mean they didn't like the book. The main character… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
Writers are voracious readers. Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me… — Gloria Naylor Copy Share Image
“this sentence I'm reading is terrific" i can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood. He didn't get it, though. He… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
Only when all children are in a book-loving environment will they achieve literacy, yes, but a lot more: a confidence in handling… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
“The bookstore is a building, but it's not only the building. It is the books inside. People are not only their bodies.… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I always carry the book of Holy Writ...and something to read...” — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
In some respects the better a book is, the less it demands from the binding. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“People read to escape reality. I write to give them realities to escape to.” — Radcliff Lance Copy Share Image
