Able Quote by Ray Bradbury

What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words. Sure, the…

— Jeff VanderMeer

Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody…

— Anonymous

Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction.

— E. L. Doctorow

Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films.

— Terry Pratchett

Songs are more powerful than books.

— Elvis Costello

Once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. And it ends up being quite…

— Bruce Springsteen

When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.

— Vivek Shraya

All my books are about one major idea and two or three subsidiary ones. I have thought a lot about music when constructing books,…

— Sebastian Faulks

There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.

— Maurice Sendak

Any time you can take a book a little beyond the realm of pure entertainment, I think it's a good thing. But I don't…

— Mary Roach

We all know that a book is not really a person. It isn’t a human being. But if you are a lover of books…

— Margaret Atwood

[Writing] books is really fun because your "voice" is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience. You will…

— Liz Tuccillo