“Entertainment has a bad name...The word wears spandex, pasties, a leisure suit studded with blinking lights. ” — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don’t stop and… — Emmy Laybourne Copy Share Image
“(If you read this story out loud, please use the following voices: ME: as a child, high-pitched, forgettable; as a woman, the… — Carmen Maria Machado Copy Share Image
“It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he'd reach out to touch the child… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Seated opposite me in the railway carriage, the elderly lady in the fox-fur shawl was recalling some of the murders that she… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“I have been acquainted with the smell of death. The sickly, sugary smell that wafted in the wind towards the rooms in… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
“The most difficult thing about writing; is writing the first line.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“My name is Towner Whitney. No, that's not exactly true. My real first name is Sophya. Never believe me. I lie all… — Brunonia Barry Copy Share Image
“After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn’s for an oyster supper.” — Michael Cox Copy Share Image
“When my cousin Anil-da started telling us what he’d heard at the market about the groom’s family, at my aunt Moina-pehi’s wedding… — Aruni Kashyap Copy Share Image
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. It was the future, and everything sucked.” — Greg Nagan Copy Share Image
“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” — William Gibson Copy Share Image
