Bears Quote by Stephen Vizinczey

There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes.

— Margaret Fuller

If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

— J. Oswald Sanders

With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character.

— Nicholas A. Basbanes

“Fictional characters exert a great deal of influence over our choices in love by representing inaccessible ideals to which we try to make others…

— Pierre Bayard

For a book to function... it has to be a functioning reality. The character has to be real, and I imagine that's exactly what…

— Nathan Englander

... books are too heterogeneous an interest to furnish a vital one in life, a reason for being alive.

— Gertrude Atherton

“He who doesn't see the essence of books shall surely be ruled by those who find and value the real essence of books.”

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

A book's title is vital.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the characters, but…

— Dacia Maraini

“The only real people are the people who never existed, and if a novelist is base enough to go to life for his personages…

— Oscar Wilde

One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“A great number of elements in the characters’ lives, both psychic and factual, are not communicated to us. […] These characters, I believe, enjoy…

— Pierre Bayard