I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
Kid, not everything in life can be summed up neatly in a paragraph. No book has all of the answers. Not even… — Heather Brewer Copy Share Image
I am not like Stephen King, who writes one book, then writes another. I finish a book and go off and... look… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
It was very interesting [book Fast Food Nation] because all my friends who were in college, [and] this book became almost mandatory… — Wilmer Valderrama Copy Share Image
If you have a book to write, write it. If you want to record an album, record it. No need to wait… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Never buy hardcover books. They are designed to sell to those who don't actually read. Along with books, many other things can… — Jia Pingwa Copy Share Image
I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
If you buy a book on golf instruction buy the thinnest book you can find. The thinner the book, chances are the… — Chi Chi Rodriguez Copy Share Image
What I eventually realized is that the real business of books is not done by awards committees or people who turn trees… — John Green Copy Share Image
I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of this desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
The snag in being married to a person who knows more or less everything is that one gets hopelessly lazy. ... I… — Alice Thomas Ellis Copy Share Image
“This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, rants, facts, contrivances, and incidents are either the product of the author’s… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
Well, we look for sources of inspiration in pop culture in general. It's very important for us that, when it comes to… — Sam Lake Copy Share Image
I think that I write much more naturally about characters in solitude than characters interacting with others. My natural inclination - and… — Stefan Merrill Block Copy Share Image
I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries.… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“I love the smell of a new book, but I prefer inhaling fresh bottles of ink and glue. They get me more… — Bauvard Copy Share Image
“I’ve never understood people who grind through a book they don’t really like, determined to finish it for some unknown reason.” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end.… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
If I get a chance to write a comic book or do a voice in an Adult Swim show, I do it.… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“You can’t go wrong by pricing your book in the middle of the road ($4.99–$7.99 for ebooks and $12.99–$17.99 for paperbacks).” — Honoree Corder Copy Share Image
I heard one woman say to another in the queue at a book signing: 'I shouldn't be buying this. He's a former… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children's books ask questions, and make the readers ask… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“There was something beautiful and timeless to her about a hardback without its jacket, a book that could be known in no… — Christopher R. Beha Copy Share Image
Many books in popular psychology are a melange of the author's comments, a dollop of research, and stupefyingly dull transcriptions from interviews. — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I think there is something barbaric in children, and it's missing in lots of books for them because we don't like to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“ext edi tor until you compl e t e this book ( and especially not until a f t e r chapt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For me reading the book [The Exorcist], I had the same questions that everyone else had. How does she jump up and… — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
I was kind of relieved with the way the book [The Proud Highway] came out. It's beyond an autobiography or a biography.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Hebrews . This book is much superior to most of the writings attributed to St. Paul, though passages in the other books… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Speech at the Ministerial Conference in Boston (at books.google.com/books?id=LXkYAAAAYAAJ&dq=theodore%20parker%20boston%20kidnapping%20gannett&lr=&pg=PA167&ci=70,748,854,407&source=bookclip#v=onepage&q&f=false) — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
London has always provided the landscape for my imagination. It becomes a character - a living being - within each of my… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image