“I heartily respect and appreciate when people say their life is quite eventful. There are chapters in the book of life. Some… — Rachana Shakyawar Copy Share Image
If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
In the university library, we know when a book has been used in a class or put on reserve... or while it… — David Weinberger Copy Share Image
My mind wanders terribly. I'm not wholly annoyed by my daydreaming as it has been immense use to me as regards imaginative… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
The reason why I began making quilts is because I wrote my autobiography in 1980 and couldn't get it published because I… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
“If you love the language, the greatest thing you can do to ensure its survival is not to complain about bad usage… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
“The serious writer was aware of a paradox at the heart of his art: his inner world, the place of the strongest… — Marcus Speh Copy Share Image
In design-speak, 'a library' means a room lined with books, floor-to ceiling, but it all depends on the space you have. You… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
“I have my own e-reader, but I hardly ever use it. I need to fold down pages and flag passages with sticky… — Lauren Morrill Copy Share Image
As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleeping and… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
Long ago I abandoned my masterpiece a roll of paper thirty yards long which I filled completely with minute handwriting in my… — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
There is a logic [to my reading], but I can't define it. I like reading impulsively. I collect books, I have a… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
The existence of good bad literature—the fact that one can be amused or excited or even moved by a book that one's… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
everyone who is human has something to express. Try not expressing yourself for twenty-four hours and see what happens. You will nearly… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
“Learning to read gave us a true oasis, salvation, in the same way that coming to know Jesus or the Buddha might… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I was a 20-something woman living in London and didn't want to write about a 20-something woman living in London! It's an… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
“It took a bit of popcorn and a library snack bar to make me realize that being a librarian was about more… — Scott Douglas Copy Share Image
We live in such a hyperliterate world, soaked and saturated in writing: on our machines, on the streets, on our television screens.… — Tim Carmody Copy Share Image
“Soon after you confront the matter of preserving your identity, another question will occur to you: “Who am I writing for?” It’s… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself lucky that I do not have many passions. There's only one pursuit that I have ever truly loved,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
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
“I grabbed the closest box of books and heaved it onto my bed. It contained all the books I had read in… — Michael Anthony Copy Share Image
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
There is that lovely feeling of one reader telling another, 'You must read this.' I've always wanted to write a book like… — Abraham Verghese 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
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
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
“slam the book against the wall with a thud, immediately pushing my hand against the front cover so at to ensure maximum… — Amy Cross Copy Share Image
As a historically voracious reader - pre-baby, I averaged a book every week or two, and when I was a kid, I'd… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“It’s always the end of the world,” said Russell Grandinetti, one of Amazon’s top executives. “You could set your watch on it… — Russell Grandinetti Copy Share Image
“Soon after my husband and I started living together, he learned to make noise before coming into my writing space. He learned… — Marcia Golub Copy Share Image
“You know I didn't start writing books until after I left Søren. I could barely get out of bed that first month.… — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
“but when you held one of those volumes in your hands, you were leafing through another person’s life. Someone else had once… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Tips for aspiring writers: don't be afraid of writing rubbish. It's very easy to become hypnotised by an empty page or screen.… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
With its vastly complicated plot and its immense cast of characters swirling around the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce that has been… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I sort of try to read the books when they come out impartially and not make up my mind, but the fact… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image