Behinds Quote by Shannon Hale

“That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever.

— Roberto Calvi

“…these books have their own integrity, their own identity. It is not about the words in there. You don’t need to read these books.…

— Stevan V. Nikolic

“In every book she’d ever read, the heroine was subject to self-doubt and unjust criticism. And in every case, it only served to harden…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“The love of books is a love which requires neither justification, apology, nor defence.”

— John Alfred Langford

“As the chapters took shape, a change came over her. It was the double-sided recognition that this book, the last that she would write,…

— Frederick Weisel

“When I read a book, I try my best, not always successfully, to let the wall crumble just a bit, the barricade that separates…

— Rabih Alameddine

“A person who speaks like a book is exceedingly boring to listen to; sometimes, however, it is not inappropriate to talk in that way.…

— Soren Kierkegaard

You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.

— Stephen King

A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.

— Richard Flanagan

Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You can trust me. I…

— Nina Jacobson

“Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It it a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in…

— Jonathan Barnes