The greatest knowledge a person can possess is the address of the local library. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it. — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
“Bachelor visits library, books wife (nonfiction). --Michael Perry” — SMITH Magazine Copy Share Image
Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The standard publishing contract is replete with clauses that strip authors of control over their books. — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
“The return of the Independent Bookstore is the answer to the stack 'em high, sell 'em cheap megastores.” — Kambiz Mostofizadeh Copy Share Image
If you are an autodidact, you probably do write more in the rhythm of speech rather than having learnt prose. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
Personally, its a comfort and happiness to know that my work is taken seriously and is not marginalised and put in a… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
“...my writing is a wild mustang - more thunderous than a lightning storm -and all my skill which I call art, is… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Though the immediate impression of rebellion may obscure the fact, the task of authentic literature is nevertheless only conceivable in terms of… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
. . . All artists’ work is autobiographical. Any writer’s work is a map of their psyche. You can really see what… — Kim Addonizio Copy Share Image
“Let us spend our leisure with our books, which will take our minds off these troubles, and will teach us to despise… — Poggio Bracciolini Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Carver's best book yet! FROM A CHANGELING STAR combines deft characterization and fascinating extrapolation into a complex, compulsively readable thriller. I wish… — Craig Shaw Gardner Copy Share Image
I recommend anybody go to a bookstore, go down the self-help or new-age section, and just walk those aisles. See what book… — Tom Araya Copy Share Image
“You can possess a book without really owning it, though. Beyond ownership in a commercial or legal sense, there’s ownership of an… — Blake Morrison Copy Share Image
The primary goal of publishing general fiction and non-fiction was never profit - though profit was essential to stay in the game.… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
But even now, with the crates piled high in the hall, what I see most plainly about the books is that they… — Leon Wieseltier Copy Share Image
“Otherwise I risk ending up with a story whose voice doesn’t match its meat, which is just about the worst problem ever… — Rachel Aaron Copy Share Image
To only call Wizards, Aliens, and Starships engaging would be a real understatement--it is a delightful, funny, and immensely interesting romp through… — Caleb Scharf Copy Share Image
Everything I write doesn't appear to be biography until later. I often say that I've never written about anything I've experienced. Of… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
If you only hear one side of the story, at some point, you have to question who the writer is. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure if I write because I am crazy, or I'm crazy because I write.” — Wendy Stanphill Copy Share Image
There is very little difference between one who cannot read and one who will not read. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Literature is dangerous: it awakens a rebellious attitude in us. — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
When reading fiction, we cannot automatically assume that what we read is fact. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Maybe one thing is that you have to find the best way to write whatever works better for you. — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
