Books Quote by Lisa Cron Download Open image ““Before there were books, we read each other.”” — Lisa Cron ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Reading Women writers Women-writers-on-writing Writing
“"It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books.” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Well, he began, since we're talking about books, there is a book in my story.” — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.” — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“(this is before we're living together, before we do the most faithful act of all, mix our separate books into one library)” — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
“I realized right away that books could take us out of ourselves, and make us larger. Even provide us with human connections we wouldn’t… — Masha Hamilton Copy Share Image
“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“...and I had a great curiosity to talk to the books, as I thought they did; and so to learn how all things had… — Olaudah Equiano Copy Share Image
“...what draws us into a story and keeps us there is the firing of our dopamine neurons, signaling that intriguing information is on the… — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
“You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) that will force the protagonist… — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
“Each thing you add to your story is a drop of paint falling into clear water; it spreads through and colors everything.” — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
“Remember, when we're lost in a story, we're not passively reading about something that's happening to someone else.” — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
“Think of each detail as an egg. The writer keeps tossing them at us, one after another, seemingly unaware of the growing number of… — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
“what we’re hoping for in that opening sentence is the sense that something is about to change (and not necessarily for the better). Simply” — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
“If I ask you to think about something, you can decide not to. But if I make you feel something? Now I have your… — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
“Stories not only give us a much needed practice on figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we tick.” — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
