I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
People just don't know how to write down a simple easy line. It's difficult for them; it's like trying to keep a… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I get asked a lot what books I recommend for a nursery, home library, etc., and I always tell parents to start… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Do not place a photograph of your favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
My mother used to push 'Wuthering Heights' on me as a boy, and I sensed from her breathy description of the story… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“If you aren't writing perfection, don't stop and hope tomorrow's is better. Write what you have today, and let it ferment into… — Nicholas May Copy Share Image
When I'm in full-on writing mode and have the day, I try to get in my office around 10 A.M. and stop… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
Three or four threads may be agitated, like telegraph wires, at the same time, and if I were to tap them all… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle or end.… — Fredric Brown Copy Share Image
I did not think of writing as a career and I don't think that I did this ever really, but I think… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone else’s life. And when we do that,… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Life is a book of mystry ? U never know which page will bring a good twist in the story, keep on… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The Mirror Empire is the most original fantasy I've read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas,… — Adrian Tchaikovsky Copy Share Image
“With the sounds of Rock and Roll and Sherry’s intoxicating laugh moving you though every memory—you’re sure to be captivated by this… — Penn Press Copy Share Image
My writing is not just all facts and voices. I strive to create a text that works as a sign, pointing out… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
Classroom libraries are not 25 copies of 5 books. Classroom libraries are 1000-2000 copies of different books. — Richard Allington Copy Share Image
I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
With The Nightingale, I had been kicking the idea around for years. I was frightened to write it because on the surface… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Books are for… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“I dream that one day I would be a published writer and people would read my books - if not, I would… — Srinidhi.R Copy Share Image
I go through a lot of bad stuff, because most of the stuff that's written is pretty bad. But occasionally something comes… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I still have a book club with my friends from when I was 5. That's the privilege of growing up in a… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
“The Cavaliere has retired to his study and reads, trying not to think about what is going on around him -- one… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Books are boring," James said as he wrote. "They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds… — Laura Whitcomb Copy Share Image
Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the… — Laura Wade Copy Share Image
I write to figure out how I feel, to move through my emotions, and to commemorate and honor seasons of my life. — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
I find in my own writing that only fiction - and rarely, a poem - fully tests me to the kind of… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I read passionately with a need to know and see the act of reading as an act of cognition and not simply… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“One of the most helpful tools a writer has is his journals. Whenever someone asks how to become an author, I suggest… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could… — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
“The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably true.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I just write from my own experience and they're very real. They're all the things that I've been through, all situations I've… — Lola Young Copy Share Image
You can write and write, but if you don't have someone who can nail that character, it's never going to live. — Jamie Hewlett Copy Share Image
