Books Quote by Daniel J. Bernstein

When I'm sniffing around new territory, I often choose, rather randomly, one general book and then follow its bibliography and notes to other, more…

— Andrea Barrett

“Bibliomancy: "Divination by jolly well Looking It Up.”

— Marilyn Johnson

I now rely on a scanner, which reproduces the passages I want to cite, and then I keep my own comments on those books…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of…

— Stephen King

The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.

— Douglas Rushkoff

I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials.

— Nancy Horan

For people who are readers, reading is important to them.

— Jeff Bezos

BIBLIOBLISS. Transported into states of transcendent pleasure while immersed in reading a favorite book.

— Rob Brezsny

It's not important - it's not necessary that you read everything. What is necessary is that you care about things that you read and…

— Edward Hirsch

The function of a great library is to store obscure books.

— Nicholson Baker

“The bibliographer in the digital age returns to the revelatory practice of her medieval forebears. Librarians, like those scribes of the Middle Ages, do…

— Matthew Battles

“...some of the most important work that we can do as scholars may more closely resemble contemporary editorial or curatorial practices, bringing together, highlighting…

— Kathleen Fitzpatrick