Book Quote by Melissa Anelli

“When all the fuss and hoopla dies away, and when all the press commentary dies away, I think it will be seen that this…

— Melissa Anelli

'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small…

— Gary Ross

“[T]he incomparable Diana Wynne Jones, one of the finest mythic fiction writers of our age, who left us too early (due to cancer) two…

— Terri Windling

“But don’t you think there some stories that are more alive than that? When you put certain books back on the shelf, don’t you…

— Kristin Kladstrup

J. K. Rowling has already got a whole generation reading.

— Jamie Parker

There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar…

— Cornelia Funke

Every author dreams of the kind of attention that 'Beautiful Children' has received in the press. Obviously, it's a shock whenever it happens. So…

— Charles Bock

I just hope that readers and publishers continue to appreciate good writing and good storytelling in all their various forms. And I hope that…

— Karen Thompson Walker

Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood.

— Betty Smith

“She thought, instead, with longing of more books—of buying books—of slipping into a narrative of other people’s lives. That was release.”

— Peter Straub

To me the book is like having a kid. I have to let it go out in the world, and great things will happen.…

— Kate DiCamillo

“One thing I will surely miss is that I couldn't read all the good books in this lifetime.”

— Amit Kalantri