When I started writing, it felt good, and I knew I was in the right genre. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
As against having beautiful workshops, studies, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day. — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
When I sit and read my book and I'm all cosy, it takes me to another place. — Georgia Toffolo Copy Share Image
No one stays true. Its like an addiction cuz aint no one real...its all fiction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book! — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
A book is full of ideas. You just live with what you read for so much longer. A lot of the times,… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
There must always be some pretentiousness about literature, or else no one would take its pains or endure its disappointments. — Glenway Wescott Copy Share Image
Books were put out, and 'had a run,' / Like coinage from the mint; / But which could fill the place of… — Phoebe Cary Copy Share Image
A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth. — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Whatever you read, there's no better place to read than the cockpit or the berth of a boat. It's kind of like… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
And I am pretty sure that's the point of reading fiction -- so someone else can say in a way you never… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I was in Los Angeles in 1968, and I was fortunate enough to be a writer on 'Laugh-In' and a couple of… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
To read great books does not mean one becomes ‘bookish’; it means that something of the terrible insight of Dostoyevsky, of the… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
“When I have a chapter finished, I jot down who the viewpoint characters are, what they are wearing, what happened in the… — Dean Wesley Smith Copy Share Image
Why do I write? I write because I have to, because it is all I know, because it is my truth, because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I had learned that some people feel that books are "intrusive," in the sense that books put things in their heads that… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“I finally realized that I must do my schoolwork to keep from being ignorant, to get on in life, to become a… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
Like many people, I had the powerful experience of being raised on Dr. Seuss, then becoming a parent and revisiting him with… — Chris Meledandri Copy Share Image
“Most people go in bookshops and have no idea what they want to buy. Somehow, the books sit there, almost magically willing… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
“Warning: This data storage unit, or "book," has been designed to reprogram the human brain, allowing it to replicate the lost art… — Mike A. Lancaster Copy Share Image
