The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I write Not For the sake of glory Not For the sake of fame Not For the sake of success But for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Good publishers – as one former publisher aptly put it – are market-makers in a world where it is attention, not content,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've yet to find the exact word to describe the enjoyment that an evening spent riffling through old pattern books can bring. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances - from my grave even… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The more books there are on shelves, the more will be sold. Once you get to the level of The Secret and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Reading activates and exercises the mind. Reading forces the mind to discriminate. From the beginning, readers have to recognize letters printed on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I hope the reader is entertained, thrilled, terrified. Fiction is virtual reality escapism in its purest form, projected on its best most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But a good novel is first of all an event; as distinguished from the continuous rush of many sensations and the messy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She read a great deal - there was really nothing for her to do when I was gone but read and sew… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The room was lit with small reading lamps and there were books everywhere: piled on the coffee table, under the coffee table,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know, it's a truism that writers for children must still be children themselves, deep down, must still feel childish feelings, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Children won't just love to read. Children learn what they live, parents are responsible for instilling that in them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I'm reviewing a book or doing research. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The library was one enormous room, with long, high metal shelves and the perfect quiet that libraries provide for anyone looking for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Remember each new day you get to turn a page in your life and write your own story. So how do you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No creature on earth has a right to think himself a human being if he doesn't know at least one good book” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No matter what his rank or position may be, the lover of books is the richest and the happiest of the children… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What’s that?” "It’s a book.” "What’s that, then?” "A non-volatile storage medium. It’s very rare, you should have one.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The library is the worst group of people ever assembled in history. They're mean, conniving, rude, and extremely well-read, which makes them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He liked books if they were books of information and had pictures of grain elevators or of fat foreign children doing exercises… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back — Anonymous Copy Share
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share
Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t… — Anonymous Copy Share
“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care… — Anonymous Copy Share
Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,… — Anonymous Copy Share
Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past… — Anonymous Copy Share
Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer… — Anonymous Copy Share
The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much. — Anonymous Copy Share
The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,… — Anonymous Copy Share
