Asks Quote by Norman Mailer

When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write.

— Norman Mailer

“To read is to dance. A dance of love, romance,and discovery.Let us all dance! ~Confessions of a Booklover”

— D.Alma

My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it…

— Yann Martel

You can't write my types of books without hurting someone.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.

— Margaret Haddix

I have never been able to resist a book about books.

— Anne Fadiman

Each book gets harder, each book gets harder and harder. I always feel like crying when I have to write.

— Sandra Cisneros

“The book is a body and your mind will mold to its individual curves much in the way it will to any other lover--…

— Yxta Maya Murray

I always wince a little bit when I send me to each of my new books. I wince at submitting myself to my father's…

— Emma Donoghue

I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so

— Sydney Smith