Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain... →
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.
Mortimer Adler
I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.
Ferran Adria
I was doing a show in L.A. called 'Celebrity Autobiography,' where celebrities read excerpts from other celebrities' books and hang... →
Scott Adsit
Study nature, not books.
Louis Agassiz
I grew up reading comic books. Super hero comic books, Archie comic books, horror comic books, you name it.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
I always want my books to reach a positive point in the end.
Cecelia Ahern
Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is... →
Mitch Albom
For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.
People who don't normally read make an exception for my books, possibly because they're short.