The Bible is obviously a mixed book. Literary and nonliterary (expository, explanatory) writing exist side by side within the covers of this unique... →
Leland Ryken
The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives, and who... →
Fred Saberhagen
The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the... →
I want kids to think that reading can be just as much fun and more so than TV or video games or whatever else they do. I think any other kind of... →
Louis Sachar
I think of a book and a play, or a book and a movie, as two separate things - I don't think of it as my novel having a new life.
'The Cardturner,' while it has bridge in it, you certainly don't need to know how to play bridge to read it. It's basically a book... →
I actually started an adult book, worked on it for about two years, and then decided it just wasn't coming together for me, and thought I'll... →
I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for adults. I don't write anything -... →
I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked... →
A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.
William Safire