The bibliophile is the master of his books, the bibliomaniac their slave. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“You haven't learned anything, until you've read a good book.” — Jazmeen Osae-Kwapong Copy Share Image
If you think about it, fiction is nothing more than gossip about the people you've made up. — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
“If you want to write, you've got to shut yourself up in a room and write.” — Larry Brown Copy Share Image
At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“Authors go on writing books, and so we go on reading them. It is a sad state of affairs.” — Elizabeth Aston Copy Share Image
The idea that you could make a living from writing always thrilled me. — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
I write with pen and paper. I don't have a mobile or computer, because I know how great they are. If I… — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
I mean, there are peripheral things I do, I do photography, I write plays, I have books published, but that's neither here… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I cannot think of a greater blessing than to die in one's own bed, without warning or discomfort, on the last page… — John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Copy Share Image
She would bring you some great book because she was a book matchmaker, because she loved books the way other girls loved… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
For me, it's always about what's on the page. I have tremendous respect for writing. When you recognize good writing, and you're… — Nestor Carbonell Copy Share Image
“one of the most pleasant qualities of a reader who has lived among books all his life is that he does not… — Maurice Francis Egan Copy Share Image
My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there's no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I've… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
When Goldie Hawn wrote her memoirs, no one said Goldie Hawn was snitching. When Jane Fonda wrote her memoirs, no one said… — Karrine Steffans Copy Share Image
The writing process is sort of like when you've got no electricity and you've gotten up in the middle of the night… — Carolyn Chute Copy Share Image
It is untrue that fiction is nonutilitarian. The uses of fiction are synonymous with the uses of literature. They include refreshment, clarification… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“I think books find their way to you when you need them. Whenever I feel like I'm not going to live to… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
“Writer David Foster Wallace said that he thought good nonfiction was a chance to “watch somebody reasonably bright but also reasonably average… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“A book would therefore have a twofold benefit. First, it would rid me of my demons and perhaps save some innocent conversationalist… — Mark Forsyth Copy Share Image
“We’re meant to read the lives of important people as if they never bothered with breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or took a… — Laura Shapiro Copy Share Image
People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“No matter how much wisdom is in a book, is it right to trade your life for it?” — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
Writing is not about self-expression; it is about putting words on paper. — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
“Writing takes a pen, a sheet of paper and, to start with, just the shadow of an idea.” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share Image
You write things that are of interest to you. There's no focus group. — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
“THE MOMENT YOU WANT SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE IS THE MOMENT YOU SPIRITUALLY KILL YOURSELF” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
“What use is a good book...if you cannot share your pleasure in it with another?” — Manu Herbstein Copy Share Image
Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I'm probably the only bestselling author you know who's written more books than she's read. — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
“I'd be more open than a book too. My spine would crack, I'd fall out in halves.” — Tamara Faith Berger Copy Share Image
Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“I adore chocolate. I require books. They are like oxygen or water, vital to my existence.” — Lia Riley Copy Share Image
