I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It’s probably what I love most about writing – that words can be used in a way that’s like...

When I love a book, I really love a book. You don’t get that very often.

I wrote the first book, Harvest of Stars, and as I was writing it, I saw that certain implications had barely been touched on… It’s perfectly obvious that two completely revolutionary things are going on,...

Ardo,aku tidak meminta banyak padamu, aku tidak akan meminta uangmu, tidak waktumu dan tidak nyawamu, aku hanya minta tetaplah menjadi seperti Ardo yg aku kenal, tidak hanya hari ini, tetapi juga esok dan seterusnya

Respect the past, and prepare for the future by taking action in the present.

Generally speaking, books don’t cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

When you pick up a book, everyone knows it’s imaginary. You don’t have to pretend it’s not a book. We don’t have to pretend that people don’t write books. That omniscient third-person narration isn’t the...

1617I swear in that moment we were infinite

Visiting any shop for the first time is exciting. There’s always that buzz as you push open the door; that hope; that belief – that this is going to be the shop of all shops,...

I want to do a book called ‘Shopping and Cooking for One with Tony Danza,’ where I will show you how to shop. And, by the way, it should be a movement, because there are...

I will write one book that will change entire humankind if only you have enough guts to read my previous ones.

I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.

Some of us think we already know the answer. They are the people who close a book and never think about it again. To them, the story ends at the words ‘The End’ and that’s...

She’s a sailboat and I’m an anchor, pulling us both down.

Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14 years to write a book, not that I worked on it every day.

For my success I am immensely grateful to God, my parents, my family, my friends, my teachers and to the books I read.

You are the first of your kind. Books will be written about you. Be the legend you are meant to be. – Astral

When I was writing ‘The White Tiger’ I lived in a building pretty much exactly like the one I described in this novel, and the people in the book are the people I lived with...

Sunrise – a time when all truths are still clean and enviable.

..mengoleksi itu seperti dahaga, dan memiliki satu buku lagi tidak memuaskan dahaga untuk memiliki buku lainnya.

But I’m not one to read a book backwards.

Your future will definitely head to the same direction with your thoughts; this is why planning your thought is so important.

Time is not an enemy as such, but a missing person, sending cryptic postcards from the past.

Un libro leído a medias es una aventura amorosa incompleta.

Your Life Determines Your Journey & Your Journey Determines Your Life

I’m in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy books that I strongly suspect they will never read, and as an author,...

The map was just an accessory. She knew exactly where she was.

Sometimes I look at you and I just can’t believe you’re mine

How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand… there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep.

Men love women who are courageous for it means they can go all the way with him in his pursuit of his good dreams and intentions.

Words are directed to your personalities namely; – God, your hearers, devil and yourself.

The giver is the blessed! The receiver stands still.

A woman can tolerate delays knowing they are not denials; she is diligent, and composed. She is not easily irritated like love; she endures all things, beans all things and can be stretched to any...

With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it’s much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist.

Battling the noise is creating a space for God and acknowledging the space He occupies, which is all of it. Invite God into all twenty-four hours of your day.This is the path of a #StaticJedi.

Literature simply becomes richer after you’ve been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers.

There’s also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out...

No creas que estoy enfadada contigo. Sólo estoy triste. Por que tú has sido muy amable conmigo, y, a cambio, no he sabido ayudarte. Tú siempre estás encerrado en tu propio mundo y, cuando llamo...

Steal not this book for fear of shameFor on it is the owners nameAnd when you die the Lord will sayWhere is the book you stole awayAnd when you say you do not knowThe Lord...

Even the most beautifully written, perfectly edited and well-designed books will fail if people aren’t made aware of them!” ––Linda Radke, President of Five Star Publications, on the importance of public relations and marketing.

My books are a word feast.

Never try to outdrink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Fin or at least a Russian.

Your bone shall remainYour flesh shall remain Your spirit shall remain

Books are more to treasure than cars.

Walking into a bookshop is a depressing thing. It’s not the pretentious twats, browsing books as part of their desirable lifestyle. It’s not the scrubby members of staff serving at the counter: the pseudo-hippies and...

I know the Bible pretty well. I’m not one of those guys who can immediately start quoting every book, but usually I know where to look to find certain themes.

People need books for a better life. Books are a way of self-nurturing.

The truth is, I feel myself being fascinated and repelled by her: She’s both a mirror of myself and a door to part of this island that I’m not.

Of course, there are those critics – New York critics as a rule – who say, ‘Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and of course it’s good but then she’s a natural writer.’...

Look at your past… you should hate yourself way more than you actually do!”?Welcome to your Little Monster.