Coffee and a book ... my perfect day!

Coffee and a book ... my perfect day!

Jean Craighead George, on reading:

I love to travel, but when I really want to escape, I read a book.

- Jean Craighead George.

Go on an adventure ... simply by reading a book:

Mary McGrory, on writing:

If there is a secret to writing, I haven't found it yet.

All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind, and hang in there.

- Mary McGrory.

Buy books ...

You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books.

And that's kind of the same thing.

George R. R. Martin, on reading:

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life.

- George R. R. Martin.

Reading ...

Reading ...

that place where you're by yourself, but you are never alone.

Ann Patchett, on writing nonfiction:

When I wrote nonfiction, my best work was the really personal stuff.

- Ann Patchett.

There's a lot more to writing a book than most people think ...

Alex Flinn, on inspiration and writing:

Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.

- Alex Flinn.

Collect books and build your home library:

You know you're a bookworm when your ultimate goal in life

is to have you own special library in your house.

Patricia Wentworth, on writing:

There is and always has been for me a peculiar need to write.

This is very different from wanting to be a writer.

To be a writer always seemed something so far removed from my talents and abilities and imaginings that it didn't afflict me at all as a notion when I was young.

But I was always conscious that I wanted to write.

- Patricia Wentworth.

I need more books ...

It literally stresses me out how many good books are out there that I still haven't read.

Shannon Hale, on reading:

Life is short, so live extra lives.

Read books.

- Shannon Hale.

The magic of imagination:

Books don't just go with you; they take you where you've never been.

- Anonymous.

Margery Allingham, on writing:

I write every paragraph four times –

once to get my meaning down,

once to put in anything I have left out,

once to take out anything that seems unnecessary,

and once to make the whole thing sound as if I had only just thought of it.

- Margery Allingham.

The value of reading and the power of imagination:

That moment when you're reading a book

and the whole world around you doesn't exist anymore.

Jean Craighead George, on writing:

To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems.

Be a good listener.

The rest will come.

- Jean Craighead George.

Introvert insight:

I could be social or I could read (I'd rather read).

My kinda party.

What if I told you I actually enjoy staying at home?

Your introversion is a gift that doesn't need to be cured or fixed.

My ideal world:

Let's get lost in a world made of books, coffee and rainy days.