The point is, I can’t tell you how to succeed. But I can tell you how not to: Give in to the… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Writing helps us heal in certain way, but it doesn't make the experience of thinking about writing that occasion any less painful.… — Sarah Gerard Copy Share Image
A book is not necessarily made of paper. A book is not necessarily made to be read on a Kindle. A book… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
Man no longer dreams over a book in which a soft voice, a constant companion, observes, exhorts, or sighs with him through… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
“There’s more mystical nonsense written about the process of writing than almost anything. Inspiration, genius, “the muse.” So I want to lay… — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
I do not often follow my characters off on tangents or change my story on a whim. I have an outline which… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Writing the short story is essentially an act of grace. It's not a matter of will so much as trust. I try… — Paulette Alden Copy Share Image
There are quite a number of people in the reading-room; but one is not aware of them. They are inside the books.… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Historians, to be sure, have subsequently dug about in the byways of American culture and exposed signs of rebellion and dissatisfation with… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
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Look at a book. A book is the right size to be a book. They're solar-powered. If you drop them, they keep… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
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I argued strongly to the American publisher that 'Reality Hunger' should come out first. They thought that 'The Thing About Life' would… — David Shields Copy Share Image
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I had a library of maybe 1,000 books in my room in Buenos Aires. I did have the sense that everything there… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
My elementary school teachers were big on pushing kids to read. If you read a certain amount of books, they would provide… — Rey Mysterio Copy Share Image
Nothing frustrates me more than someone who reads something of mine or anyone else's and says, angrily, 'I don't buy it.' Why… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
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I managed to get a short film with Channel 4 Films. I cast a young actor who'd done a bit of television… — Justin Chadwick Copy Share Image
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The Librarian considered matters for a while. So…a dwarf and a troll. He preferred both species to humans. For one thing, neither… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Reading aloud is the best advertisement because it works. It allows a child to sample the delights of reading and conditions him… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
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