Books Quotes · Page 255

“Be careful what you tell me. You could end up in my next novel.”

— P.C. Zick

TV is where a writer can write his novel.

— Richard LaGravenese

“Write only what make you smile when you read it later.”

— Gurnam Singh Sodhi

In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody

— Irwin Shaw

“You'll grow devilish fat upon this paper-diet!”

— William Congreve

The best readers come to fiction to be free of ... all that isn't fiction.

— Philip Roth

Life isn't a book, so stop waiting for someone to write you a happy ending.

— Anonymous

To be a good writer... read a lot and write every day.

— Neil Gaiman

“According to Dr. Karl Albrecht in his book Brain Building, the basis of thinking logically is called “sequential thought.”

— Brian Ledger

I love James Baldwin essays, but also his novels. I recently read "Another Country." I couldn't believe how ahead of his time…

— Laila Lalami

I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential…

— Nicholas Sparks

If I'm reading a book by a footballer I don't want to read about games, how he scored or played well. People…

— Jamie Carragher

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides…

— Alex Flinn

“With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make…

— Haruki Murakami

“If an author does not give reasons for his propositions, they can only be treated as expressions of personal opinion on his…

— Mortimer J. Adler

“I remember only my love, and nothing more, as if in my life there was nothing else or not deserved to be…

— Zlatko Topčić

“Carrying his books from one life into the next was nothing new to Zuckerman. He had left his family for Chicago in…

— Philip Roth

Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time…

— Gary Paulsen

For when you looked into my mother's eyes you knew, as if He had told you, why God sent her into the…

— Anonymous

When I have time, I write other things. I'm working on a book, I paint, I sculpt, I play with my dog,…

— Taylor Momsen

My website inspired me to create my book club and provides me with a creative outlet where I can write about things…

— Lauren Conrad

“One glance at (a book) and you hear the voice of another person - perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across…

— Carl Sagan

You can be empathetic to a character in a book in a way that you can't with a real person, which is…

— Hank Green

The fact that the commercial success of my books has allowed me to buy a house for myself and my daughter I…

— Marianne Williamson

To leave a book is like leaving the better part of oneself.

— Dacia Maraini

I love the past. I read about the past all the time.

— Tiny Tim

“Never regret losing time on reading good books”

— Kowtham Kumar K

I'm still surprised to be an author. I wonder what I'll write next?

— Mordicai Gerstein

I feel like Vertigo is a place to have an adult discussion for adult readers.

— Gail Simone

I like to read books and listen to music.

— Andrei Arlovski

Most authors have one idea per book. Shakespeare had two per sentence.

— Lauren Hutton

My favorite books are Charles Bukowski's 'Post Office' and 'Women.'

— Alex Pettyfer

Know your genre. Know your history. Read a book.

— Brian Keene

In those days, there was no money to buy books.

— Ernest Hemingway

I'm writing this book because we're all going to die.

— Anonymous

My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

— Anonymous

“a place to throw down a blanket and read a book.”

— Joe Hill

Publishing a book is a very different thing than writing one.

— Tara Westover

Novels teach the youthful mind to sigh after happiness that never existed.

— Oliver Goldsmith