I suppose you set up reading the Good Book all night-spoken by Woodrow Call — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I have a lot of respect for readers because I'm a reader. That's how I got into writing. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“There are books which take rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences, so medicinal, so stringent, so revolutionary,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing. — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
“That's the pleasure and challenge of reading great novels; you get to see yourself as others see you and you get to… — John Green Copy Share Image
We've been moving around so much that I have a Tupperware container full of my books. Some people have a blanky; I've… — Hilarie Burton Copy Share Image
Take painsto write a neat round, plain hand, and you will find it a great convenience through life to write a small… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Stories are life," protested Pico. "Without them, books would be only paper and ink, with them they breathe, the reader is drawn… — Keith Miller Copy Share Image
One handy piece of equipment, which I recommend to any writer of fiction, is a set of Myriorama cards. I consult them… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I try to treat writing as part of my daily routine: I write for at least two hours, five days per week.… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I have an affection for tangible objects, like books and pages, but people sure do seem to love their Kindles! We're definitely… — Katherine Center Copy Share Image
Hemingway is great in that alone of living writers he has saturated his work with the memory of physical pleasure, with sunshine… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
She had lolled about for three years at Girton with the kind of books she could equally have read at home--Jane Austen,… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
A distinction must be made between that writing which enables us to hold on to life even as we are clinging to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Books,” I say firmly. “I’m crazy about books.” He laughs. “Okay. That’s cool.” “I like to read them and write them,” I… — Willow Aster Copy Share Image
I write pretty fast, probably faster than most people. But I might think about something for six hours, then write it in… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
People often ask how I can reject the phrase 'woman writer' and not reject the phrase 'Jewish writer' - a preposterous question.… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“Sometimes authors treat their books are burgers. More they want to sell, more spices they put in.” — Sudhir Mittalittal Copy Share Image
“We don’t have to destroy the library of the past. We just need to give it a face-lift.” — Scott Douglas Copy Share Image
When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Often writing is like a struggle to get back to a kind of belated, quite impure virginity. — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
Book after book, I get hooked, every time the writer talks to me like a friend. — Marc Bolan Copy Share Image
The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors. — Tristan Tzara Copy Share Image
Every book is a kind of experiment in doing something that feels impossible. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I've learned through writing that if something made me feel deeply or anything at all, it was worth it. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
The readings are at once instant in their appeal, and lingering in their impact. — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
Being an editor has been a source of great satisfaction, but writing is the thing I truly love. — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance. — Amy Plum Copy Share Image
“So much of one's life was spent reading; it made sense not to do it alone.” — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
