Books Quotes · Page 238

Anybody who is afraid of reading a page of text is not the reader that I want.

— Rick Remender

I'm writing a novel about a scallywag who is a bit like me.

— Leo Sayer

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.

— John Ortberg

“You cannot have a taste for minimalist décor if you seriously read books.”

— Linda Grant

Literature is the immortality of speech.

— August Wilhelm von Schlegel

“This is what we do. We make tea and read books and watch people die.”

— Megan Crewe

Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.

— Rene Descartes

If I would believe what I read about myself, I would hate my guts too.

— Zsa Zsa Gabor

“If you aren’t affected somehow, even in the slightest bit, you aren’t reading the right book.”

— Anna Todd

I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.

— Cassandra Clare

The 'Larousse' is my favorite book. It's my bible; it's a good reference for me.

— Adriano Zumbo

A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to…

— Richard Jefferies

I studied English literature in university, and then I went straight into radio.

— Miriam Margolyes

You hear about people who write 15 to 20 novels. How do they do it? You just gotta do it.

— Gordon Lightfoot

“Books allow a person to think outside of the box. They allow reflections and contemplation. So read them while thinking is still…

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a…

— Robert Macfarlane

“For his book Willpower, psychologist Roy Baumeister analyzed findings from hundreds of experiments to determine why some people can retain focus for…

— Jocelyn K. Glei

“No one stepping for the first time into a room made of books can know instinctively how to behave, what is expected,…

— Alberto Manguel

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire.…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

This, books can do-nor this alone; they give New views to life, and teach us how to live; They soothe the grieved,…

— George Crabbe

Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and…

— Aimee Bender

“That summer, Lee Harvey Oswald handed out pro-Castro literature stamped with the address 544 Camp Street, a commercial building. This was a…

— Mae Brussell

“Austin cleared his throat. Given the choice between being with books or people, he'd always choose books. You could always tell what…

— Ted Dekker

Finding a title for a book is something that I work really hard at ... So, in Salt, I realized that the…

— Helen Frost

I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them.

— Salman Rushdie

“When I was a girl the books I read were by men. ”

— Sharon Doubiago

Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused.

— Darren Aronofsky

One of my favorite books is 'Man's Search for Meaning.'

— Robin S. Sharma

My books are like my children. I love them all.

— Marie Bradby

She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.

— Liam Gallagher

We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves.

— Joseph Epstein

“I am a book of inspiration and intectually desgin's”

— Martellis Thurmand

Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

— Isaac Asimov

A room without book is like a body without soul

— Hasina Jalili

I highly recommend reading the book 'Confessions Of A Video Vixen.'

— Katherine Ryan

You must read a lot of personal essays - you needn't reinvent the wheel.

— Phillip Lopate

“booked before she knew what hit her. What”

— Jean Grainger

I book myself tight. If I have any time off, I get antsy.

— Skrillex

It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months.

— Doris Lessing

Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being.

— Laurie R. King