All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects! — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“Books are like imprisoned souls until someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.” — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“Books! And cleverness! There are more important things — friendship and bravery and —” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books and movies inspire me, but I do my best to keep my stories as original as possible. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
It's a challenge to turn a book series into a television series; you need to keep people on their toes, but you… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
The books we enjoy as children stay with us forever -- they have a special impact. Paragraph after paragraph and page after… — Sid Fleischman Copy Share Image
One reads books in order to gain the privilege of living more than one life. People who don't read are trapped in… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Standardization, instead of individualization. Cheap books, instead of private press editions. Active literature, instead of passive leather bindings. — Jan Tschichold Copy Share Image
Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road,… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
Ten years from now, no one is going to care how quickly the books came out. The only thing that will matter,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. And it ends up… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I had a friend who was the King's surgeon in England. One day I asked him what makes a great surgeon. He… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Life is like a book son. And every book has an end. No matter how much you like that book you will… — Fábio Moon Copy Share Image
The fans reacted very positively to me being cast [The Mortal Instruments] which, as a Twilight or Harry Potter franchise, when you… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
Writing of history is our only heuristic principle. The Germans have a word for it, einfühlen. It is the ability to experience… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I enjoyed doing the gag covers better than the story ones because they were usually simpler. A cover based on an incident… — Carl Barks Copy Share Image
Chance never writ a legible book; chance never built a fair house; chance never drew a neat picture; it never did any… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
The incomparable James Walvin has done it again: he has crafted a beautifully written and deeply informed single volume history of the… — David W. Blight Copy Share Image
I never felt inspired to write this book [ I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?], like I did with the cat… — Suzy Becker Copy Share Image
“Reading a book takes you on a journey without leaving the current place you are in.” — LaShonna Dyson Copy Share Image
Books for all the world are always foul-smelling books: the smell of small people clings to them. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Trust not my reading, nor my observations, Which with experimental seal do warrant The tenor of my book. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
A true martial artist, in my books anyways, is someone who is going to do the right thing and lead by example. — Duane Ludwig Copy Share Image
His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
It is important to find a publisher and equally important not to be noticed until your third or fourth book. — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“These books were a way of escaping from the unhappiness of my life.” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
There are books that change the way you feel and see; this is one of them. — Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Copy Share Image
To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
But I see history as a book with many pages--and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
The propagation of truth and nonviolence can be done less by books than by actually living on those principles. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to. — William Landay Copy Share Image
![“The fans reacted very positively to me being cast [The Mortal Instruments] which, as a Twilight or Harry Potter franchise, when you read a book and you have someone in your mind or you have a vision and then they're cast in real life, it can go either way. So I was very, very honored and happy…” quote by Lily Collins](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/cf3/lily-collins-1760_book_the-fans-reacted-very-positively-to-me-b_1194676.jpg)
![“I never felt inspired to write this book [ I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?], like I did with the cat or dog book; I felt compelled. At the time (May 1999), I was planning to write and illustrate an altogether different memoir, a book about my decision whether or not to have a baby.” quote by Suzy Becker](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/83a/suzy-becker-38888_baby_i-never-felt-inspired-to-write-this-book_604243.jpg)
