Quote Of The Day ― Paul Auster

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.” 

― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

Quote of The Day — Jim Thompson

“There is only one plot—things are not what they seem.”

—Jim Thompson

Quote of The Day - Barbara Hambly

“I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.”

― Barbara Hambly, Bride of the Rat God

Quote Of The Day ― William Nicholson

“We read to know we're not alone.” 

 ― William Nicholson, Shadowlands

Quote Of The Day - John Waters

“You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick "hard books." Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for god's sake, don't let me ever hear you say, "I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth." Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of "literature"? That means fiction, too, stupid.” 

― John Waters, Role Models

Quote of The Day ― Stephen King

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”

― Stephen King

Quote of The Day ― William Faulkner

“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.” 

― William Faulkner

Quote of The Day — Angela Carter

“A book is simply the container of an idea—like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.”

—Angela Carter

Quote of The Day ― Sylvia Plath

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."

― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath