I went to school, I went to college. I know how to read. Even though I lack common sense sometimes, I am book smart.
Nicole Polizzi
I would like to write a book that wasn't so violent and weird, but I just don't think I can do that with my talent. I don't think it... →
Donald Ray Pollock
At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead... →
John Pople
Apple doesn't need to maximize book sales. It simply needs to keep publishers happy enough to maintain an impressive-sounding inventory of titles... →
Virginia Postrel
I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May... →
Franka Potente
A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the... →
Chaim Potok
I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again.
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
Ezra Pound
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting... →
Dawn Powell