Art Quote by Lidia Yuknavitch

Simply writing a Ph.D. or academic book was unlikely to play much of a role in helping shape people's lives as I wanted.

— Reid Hoffman

The books were a private part of me that I carried inside and guarded and didn't talk to anybody about; as long as I…

— MacDonald Harris

I'd done a lot of research in Hollywood and in academia. I love research and so I wanted to kind of ground the book…

— Robert Greene

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

— Ken Follett

It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.

— Cassandra Clare

Books are becoming everything to me. If I had at this moment any choice in life, I would bury myself in one of those…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

I can't imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that you could…

— Oprah Winfrey

I sometimes think that, since I started writing biographies, I've had more of a life in books than I have had in my real…

— Claire Tomalin

If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.

— Sara Sheridan

Without science fiction, without the influence these books have had on me over the years, I'm not sure I would care much about reading…

— Robin Sloan

My life has been greatly influenced by many books which I have never read.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

You could never be certain what you would find in a book that had spent time with someone else.

— Erica Bauermeister