To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old… — Will Thomas Copy Share Image
Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book. — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
In the main, there are two sorts of books: those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Ideally, we should like to define a good book as one which 'permits, invites, or compels' good reading — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Writing for television is completely different from movie scriptwriting. A movie is all about the director's vision, but television is a writer's… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing in a lot of different styles, so I pushed to find that vicious place, or that vulnerable place, and… — Mikky Ekko Copy Share Image
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Over the years, I developed a theory about why writers are such procrastinators: We were too good in English class. This sounds… — Megan McArdle Copy Share Image
You Do Not Know Is in You— an Inexhaustible Fountain of Ideas. Another reason for writing a diary is to discover that… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Respect the language in which you write. Be kind, develop good vocabulary, and be creative in writing beautiful sentences. Your prose should… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
In terms of style, I think the memoirist should have a novelist's skill and all the elements of a novelist's toolbox. When… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns' by Robert Jungk and 'Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman!' by Richard Feynman were both books my father… — Baiju Bhatt Copy Share Image
The label YA actually means nothing except that the protagonists, or some of them, are young. Publishers like it because it is… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Writing itself is a dream. There are days of self doubt and deadlines and wondering how you're going to pay the bills… — Graham Brown Copy Share Image
It is true that it is usually for their books that novelists reserve their most considered and ordered thoughts, but the fact… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
“They were probably reading on their tablets,” said Nina loyally. She loved her e-reader, too. “Yes, I know,” said the man. “But… — Jenny Colgan Copy Share Image
