“ You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children. Madeleine L'Engle
“ I will liken my judgment unto a ring: like as there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first. Compton Gage
“ Mia madre non voleva che i libri cadessero nelle mie mani. Non aveva previsto che io potessi cadere nei libri, che mi infilassi dentro di loro per stare al sicuro. Jeanette Winterson
“ Great bodies die but great minds don't die! Inside the tomb of great men lay dead body's but at the library of great men lay the living minds of dead bodies! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“ My grandfather says that's what books are for, Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. To travel without moving an inch. Jhumpa Lahiri
“ When reading a book, you are sold what some writer thought. When reading a newspaper, you are sold what someone did, and, what some advertiser made. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Everybody make words,' he continued. 'Everybody write things down. Children in school do lessons in my books. Teachers put grades in my books. Love letters sent in envelopes I sell. Ledgers for accoun… Paul Auster
“ In order to keep liking Nick (as opposed to loving him which was completely non-negotiable) Alice sometimes had to look at him obliquely or with her eyes half closed or through a pin hole on a piece o… Carol Anshow
“ Be careful, Aidan called from the bed. You don't know what he might do. We all know what you'd do, though, don't we? Holly Black
“ On having a backup plan: "Always a good plan anytime you want to follow your dream - I love writing, acting, and psychiatry - there are crazy people everywhere which means I can take my career anywher… Samantha Steele
“ Yet when books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them. Walter Farley
“ I doubt if ever one ceases to love, but one can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow an author one admired as a boy. Graham Greene
“ Write what you know best. If you can't survive a cross-examination from a lawyer on the subject, you won't survive an interview with a journalist or anchorperson." Linda Radke, President of Five Star… Linda F. Radke
“ Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die, they remain constant. Lawrence Clark Powell
