Books Quotes · Page 105

When she wanted to escape her life, she read books

— Jodi Picoult

I've read, like, 10,000 self-help books.

— Jen Sincero

I didn't go to school much, so I taught myself what I knew from reading.

— Doris Lessing

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

— Colleen McCullough

“Read regularly and wildey, choose your topics wisely”

— Faris Shuaib

I only really love a book when I have read it at least four times.

— Nancy Spain

Nothing prevents boredom like a good book.

— Dav Pilkey

I would perhaps like to go back to writing small books about obscure people.

— Claire Tomalin

There have always been readers throughout history who have been drawn to villains.

— Cassandra Clare

“I have books in every corner of my house. 'Cleaning' my books is a pointless endeavor.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

It remains unbelievable to me that I have any readers beyond my own blood relations - it's a crazy, wild gift.

— Karen Russell

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We will put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and…

— Anonymous

I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours.

— John Hope

“Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.”

— Victor LaValle

If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many…

— Brandon Sanderson

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

— Isaac Barrow

“Have you ever seen the Shenandoah at this time of year? It’s beautiful.” Having signed the book, Christopher closed it, handed it…

— Larry Alex Taunton

“I've been thinking about that book about the boys who crash on the island…Lord of the Flies what about it…You know how…

— Libba Bray

I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I worked in the mechanical factories repairing cement trucks. The Cuban government wanted me to work in the university as a teacher…

— Huey Newton

“Four years ago, when I started writing this book, my hypothesis was mostly based on a hunch. I had been doing some…

— Naomi Klein

Well, "disgusting" doesn't refer to the books but to the subjective reaction of the person making the complaint. I don't think that…

— William S. Burroughs

Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words. If you reach that point, you…

— Tom Clancy

...Albert-next-door doesn't care for reading, and he has not read nearly so many books as we have, so he is very foolish…

— Anonymous

“be a rebel. read a book. seriously, it's cheaper than a tattoo”

— Anonymous

“How many books have been written just to know God? God is with you!”

— Dada Bhagwan

Books are ever available friends, ready to serve you at will.

— Grenville Kleiser

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

“~Reading a book is like looking through a window!”

— Zetta Hupf

You can't always go by the book, even in comedy.

— Alan Bates

When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.

— Vivek Shraya

The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.

— Mickey Spillane

“It's very difficult to train a good editor," the author said.”

— Val Edward Simone

Some books are well-received with critics; other books sell.

— Colson Whitehead

Read to your bunny often and your bunny will read to you.

— Rosemary Wells

People who say they read more write better.

— Stephen D. Krashen

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them

— Anatole France

I definitely read a lot in school, and even more in prison.

— Benny the Butcher

“we are all privately agreed that it is better in books”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I don't feel I owe my readers details of my family's private life.

— J. K. Rowling