Book Quote by Alphonse Daudet

“...a novel for me is a pretext, a way of starting up and sustaining a complicated and many layered inner exchange, a to-and-fro which…

— Sven Birkerts

“Books allow one to jump into another person's imagination while also exploring their own!”

— Jen Selinsky

I think of books as like a life raft. They save us from mundanity, they draw us to a poetic, multi-faceted world. We all…

— Andi Oliver

“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear…

— Edward P. Morgan

Every new book I read comes to be a part of that overall and unitary book that is the sum of my readings...if you…

— Italo Calvino

For me, a novel relying too heavily on a single idea might be a dry, deadly thing unless it possesses an animating force.

— Meg Wolitzer

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you…

— Chris Van Allsburg

I really never even seriously considered a book but a few years ago someone approached me out of the blue and I said I…

— Mark McNairy

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

— Alan Bennett

I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

— John Irving

“Books are an extension of our imagination”

— Danny Saunders