A young lady went into a bookstore and asked the clerk for Irving Stone's book, "Immoral Wife." The title is "Immortal Wife,"… — James Keller Copy Share Image
Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin Copy Share Image
When I visit a new bookstore, I demand cleanliness, computer monitors, and rigorous alphabetization. When I visit a secondhand bookstore, I prefer… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
I sometimes have the sense that I live my life as a writer with my nose pressed against the wide, shiny plate… — Jan Clausen Copy Share Image
V'lane: Are you busy tomorrow MacKayla ? Barrons: She's working on old texts with me. V'lane: Ah. Old texts. A banner day… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
My urge at Christmas time or Hanukkah-time or Kwanzaa-time is that people go to bookstores: that they walk around bookstores and look… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
When I was a young comic in New York and I wasn't getting any work, I was wandering around the Lower East… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
For the mind and the imagination, bookstores aren't enough, college courses aren't enough, the Internet isn't enough. Those resources are all governed… — Helen Vendler Copy Share Image
As an author, I don't really think too much about being a celebrity. It's not like being a movie star or a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
My parents didn't know much science; in fact, they didn't know science at all. But they could recognize a science book when… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I was once doing a question and answer period with the novelist Jane Smiley in a bookstore and someone asked us what… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot has changed - ebooks are a much more valid format and bigger presses are taking less chances.… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I just hate the whole idea of labeling anything as a comedy. If you tell me something's funny, I'll want to rebel… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
There's an unwritten compact between you and the reader. If someone enters a bookstore and sets down hard earned money (energy) for… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
We live in a world where you can walk into a bookstore and get a how-to guide on just about anything. But… — Andrew Levitas Copy Share Image
I was digging for stuff in a used bookstore, and I came upon 'Little Sister.' I fell in love with Chandler that… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
Life is a campus: in a Greenwich Village bookstore, looking for a New Yorker collection, I asked of an earnest-looking assistant where… — Keith Waterhouse Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, we had the three TV networks, maybe two radio stations, no cable TV. We still had a long-distance… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Look at the world of books nowadays. People just download books. They don't go to a bookstore. Amazon is wiping out Borders… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
Ralph Nader choose the man with whom to share the responsibility of running a distant third, California activist Peter Camejo. You may… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The individual writer is a lonely figure in the wilderness of agents, editors, chain bookstores, and dwindling numbers of independents. The stronger… — Charles Todd Copy Share Image
My novels are in the literature section as opposed to the romance section of bookstores because they're not romance novels. If I… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The measure ov overexposure is not how many times people see you on TV or in the bookstores. It's whether you can… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
When I go to places and do book tours, I don't really like doing traditional bookshops. It's nice to walk people through… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I absolutely fell in love with David Cristofanos writing. THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE is that rare novel--its the one youve… — Johanna Edwards Copy Share Image
If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“Dust dances in the light like tiny ghosts of stories. I open a yellowed page— your handwriting from another lifetime. The shopkeeper… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps… — John Green Copy Share Image
There's nothing definite yet. Of course, any time you have a book, there's going to be book signings and stuff. We'll do… — Scotty Moore Copy Share Image
“Bookstores contain the residue of thousands of people who went in there to find an experience, a narrative that guided them to… — Lauren Leto Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when I’m in a bookstore or a library, I am overwhelmed by all the things that I do not know. Then… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I represent a rural state and live in a small town. Small merchants make up the majority of Vermont's small businesses and… — Peter Welch Copy Share Image
Television isn't inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
