Always Quote by Lionel Shriver

To be quite honest, the joyful relief of the publication of my book was short-lived.

— Amanda Knox

When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated the outcasts,…

— Jodie Foster

I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had…

— Akhil Sharma

Writers are naturally obsessed with books, the tangible artifacts of their labor. Even beyond the text, I love the physicality of books, the possibilities…

— Ken Liu

I wish that the act of publishing a book was less of a nerve-wracking experience.

— Charlie Huston

“At every moment I convinced myself that I was gathering material for the novel of my life - all experienced from the philosophical distance…

— Edmund White

I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.…

— Anthony Powell

If you look at an illuminated manuscript, even today, it just blows your mind. For them, without all the clutter and inputs that we…

— Geraldine Brooks

“Because for some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these…

— Anne Lamott

“From earliest childhood I was charmed by the materials of my craft, by pencils and paper and, later, by the typewriter and the entire…

— John Updike

I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters.

— Tahereh Mafi

“Writing a book is both rewarding and inspiring The preparation, research and introduction of new chapters to an ever increasing text provides enormous excitement…

— Roy Taylor