Book Quotes · Page 291

A promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books.…But what was love but pain?

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Leadership. More than a New York Times best seller book.”

— Alin Sav

Anybody who wants to take a quick beach trip out there should sit down with the book.

— James Patterson

I've always wanted to do a Crichton book. I really love his writing.

— Richard Donner

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Isn't it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book.

— Charles E. McKenzie

“Book means fly in the sky,cross the desert, without wing without water.”

— jahangir khosravi shakib

I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head.

— John Updike

“A writer who’s a pro can take on almost any assignment, but if he or she doesn’t much care about the subject,…

— Sterling Lord

Few people have written significant books about San Francisco. Robert Duncan was, in my opinion, often in the clouds. If he walked…

— Stephen Vincent Benet

I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it…

— Rhys Ifans

The airport bookstore did not sell books, only bestsellers, which Sita Dulip cannot read without risking a severe systemic reaction.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that…

— George R. R. Martin

I don't know what Douglas Coupland thinks about his writing. I've read maybe one page of one of his books and didn't…

— Tao Lin

The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could…

— Terry Pratchett

Some spiritually alert parents hold early-morning devotionals with their families in their homes. They have a hymn, prayer, and then read and…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Wilkie Collins was a rival and competitor of Dickens. His novel Moonstone sold more copies at the time than Dickens' last two…

— Dan Simmons

Some people will say, "Why read a comic book? It stifles the imagination. If you read a novel you imagine what people…

— Stan Lee

Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby… There's a feeling of relief and satisfaction when you get to the…

— John le Carre

“Exhaling heavily, I sank back down into the sofa and picked up the book again. When I'd read the same sentence five…

— Josie Jaffrey

“From earliest childhood I was charmed by the materials of my craft, by pencils and paper and, later, by the typewriter and…

— John Updike

Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worth while – husbands and books and…

— Vera Brittain

Look, history is interesting. I read three books on George Washington last year. And my opinion is that if they're still analyzing…

— George W. Bush

I think my books are lighter and funnier than some of the big series out there. You may not walk away from…

— Molly Harper

I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing.

— Daniel Clowes

One of my most exciting Saturday nights was just me and a bottle of wine and a crochet book.

— Jessica Pare

There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance. What, then, did I do? I read faster.

— Leo Rosten

I think everybody's book is about somebody's daughter, in a lot of ways. I dig that.

— Gerard Way

“In this place called Hell novels are written by people who don't read books.”

— Andy Seven

I don’t think books can change the world, but when the world begins to change, it searches for different books.

— Shlomo Sand

The Bible is the funniest book I have ever read. It's so funny! Right in the first six pages, it's funny!

— David Cross

It's better to have your nose in a book, than in someone else's business .

— Adam Stanley

a work that intends to be art must first be entertaining.

— Katherine Paterson

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

— Matthew Vaughn

“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

In the digital age, there is a new rule book for romance.

— Adwoa Aboah

A book is not a short-term project. It's essentially your baby, so it takes a lot of work.

— Luvvie Ajayi

“No thanks; I'd much rather pretend I'm somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.”

— Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer

“When i discovered how precious a book was, i burn a candle on a book every night.”

— Oladeji jeremy

“Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.”

— Richard Denney