Books Quotes · Page 145

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.

— Anonymous

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

— Jim Rohn

The dearer a book was to my heart, the more battered and bruised it became.

— Azar Nafisi

There's always been anger in the making of music or literature or dance.

— Michael Ondaatje

Culture is fundamental. Literature saves you. Cinema saves you.

— Lea Seydoux

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.

— Ernest L. Boyer

I've never read a comic book in my life.

— Boyd Holbrook

This novel is fiction, except for the parts that aren't.

— Michael Crichton

We generally learn languages for the benefit of reading the books written in them

— Thomas Jefferson

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.

— Sophie Kinsella

Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room…

— Candice Olson

It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had.

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr

I'll never read every single book or go to every single place. But I'll die in the trying of it.

— Jaden Smith

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.

— Marcus Garvey

Practically anything you read or hear about racism, sexism, and homophobia is cant.

— John Derbyshire

I remember a table in BarchesterTowers that had more character than the combined heroes of three recent novels I've read.

— Anatole Broyard

The reason why so few good books are written is, that so few people that can write know anything. In general an…

— Walter Bagehot

I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does…

— Edward Rutherfurd

Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (…) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a…

— Denys Johnson-Davies

I publish six books a year now, which is very exciting. But it keeps me into my typewriter at all times! Now…

— Danielle Steel

“A brave new future had been charted, and none of them knew where it was going to lead. From my upcoming novel,Frontiers,…

— Jeff W. Horton

To write a book such as Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn is a formidable undertaking. You must accumulate thousands of facts and…

— Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Toni Morrison has a habit, perhaps traceable to the pernicious influence of William Faulkner, of plunging into the narrative before the reader…

— John Updike

I'm a severe graphic novels junkie. People ask me about it, and I say I like the graphic novels. Comic books are…

— Dave Pirner

Having books published is very destructive to writing.

— Ernest Hemingway

I'm writing a book on anger management. ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY IT OR ELSE!

— Nikhil Saluja

It's an absolute disgrace that there isn't a books programme on the BBC.

— Mariella Frostrup

“You are the designer of your destiny; you are the author of your story.”

— Lisa Nichols

I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.'

— Jeff Bezos

The works of the great artists are silent books of eternal truths.

— Stefan Zweig

I can't retire. My readers won't let me.

— Clive Cussler

I think watching TV has influenced my books, but I don't think writing TV has.

— Megan Abbott

“An exile's only country is his country's literature.”

— Andreï Makine

Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in book

— Anonymous

“The world of books is the only paradise there is.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I heard that Trump said even smelling a book makes him feel tired.

— Wim Wenders

I can now focus on a huge audience through TV, books, cookware and foods.

— Rocco DiSpirito

An unashamedly indecent read. Welsh fans will love it.

— Olaf Tyaransen

I read a lot of books; I am a lazy person when I don't work!

— Catherine Tresa

I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books.

— Anonymous