Books Quotes · Page 11

Good readers make much out of little.

— Irving Howe

“I live to write but, I read to live.”

— Gail Gentry

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

— J. D. Salinger

“Every reader his [or her] book.”

— S. R. Ranganathan

I try to make the right read.

— Domantas Sabonis

A pretty sight, a lady with a book.

— Shirley Jackson

I like books better than People.

— Richie

“You were meant to write this book.”

— M. Kirin

I've signed peoples' parole cards at book signings and it's very touching.

— John Waters

I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.

— Michael Caine

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A lot of my books have started with an abstract premise.

— Colson Whitehead

“beauty tip for the world, go read a book”

— Antonia Perdu

“How can she grow up to be a lady if she's always got her nose in a book?”

— Florence King

“Good books should be an overwhelming assault upon the personality.”

— Steffan Piper

Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research.

— Walter Moers

We are the worst of fools if we do not teach every child to become truly expert, deep readers.

— Maryanne Wolf

There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.

— Irwin Shaw

If I write novels in a country in which most citizens are illiterate, who then is my community?

— Chinua Achebe

“You are the sole author of the story of your life, my dear. Make it a good one.”

— Danielle Ganek

I'm a total Twihard. I read all the books and saw every movie on opening night with my mom.

— Cassie Scerbo

As soon as you publish a book and the reader reads it, they're making an extension of your brain with their brain.

— Lauren Groff

My sorrow is I used to read all the time and now, as a writer, I don't have the time to read.

— Alice Hoffman

Personally, I love books, and I am interested in the notion that stories are told better in different media depending on the…

— Jason Blum

Michael Koryta is that rare author who is at once a compelling story teller and a fantastic writer. From the first sentence…

— Lisa Unger

“The office itself was windowless and lined with shelves stuffed to the brim with books each sporting titles more Hellish than the…

— Jennifer Rainey

“...Emily hit the Terrible Twos and I bought a book called Toddler Taming. It was a revelation. The advice on how to…

— Allison Pearson

I think that Poe is so resonant because he represents that part of us that is in misery or sorrowful or wants…

— John Cusack

“As David Eagleman describes it in his wonderful book Incognito: Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia—hundreds of billions…

— Ray Dalio

Let's face it.., our current [immigration control] system is like a busy intersection without a traffic cop: sure there are laws on…

— Ronald Reagan

When you make a book or you make a movie, it is almost like hitting on somebody. It's not because you want…

— Marjane Satrapi

“You can know all about a person from the things they collect, the books on their shelves, the chairs in their parlor.…

— Lynda Rutledge

“To Succeed You Must Read”

— A.J. Briscoe

A book is a machine to think with.

— Anonymous

A novel is a tricky thing to map.

— Reif Larsen

That's good. Go on, read some more.

— Warren G. Harding

Read like a wolf eats.

— Gary Paulsen

My books are easy to read. No folderol.

— Clive Cussler

“To read is to renew thy mind.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Signori has all the tricks up his book.

— Ray Wilkins