Books Quotes · Page 264

“Literature cannot be imposed; it must be discovered.”

— Amy Joy

'Use Me' is a wonderfully satisfying book.

— Cathleen Schine

To pore upon a book, to seek the light of truth.

— William Shakespeare

“By writing books, a man turns into a universe.”

— Milan Kundera

I got lucky, and the first book, 'The Black Echo,' got published.

— Michael Connelly

“You never finish a book. You only abandon it.”

— Peter Watts

Better a closed book, than an open newspaper.

— Anonymous

You know who is beautiful? Read the first word.:)

— Babloo

Without science fiction, without the influence these books have had on me over the years, I'm not sure I would care much…

— Robin Sloan

I aint perfect, so I dont expect perfection. people come with flaws. Flaws come with stories. Who wants to read a blank…

— Anonymous

The curious hocus-pocus of criticism I can't take seriously. It consists in squirreling up some odd phrases and then waiting for a…

— John Steinbeck

Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track…

— Azgraybebly Josland

“All I had to do was open a book - to see the stories bleeding from page to page. To see the…

— Tahereh Mafi

“Jason tilts his head toward me, his hand moving slyly across his book. Stupid. Speech. Woman. ”

— Cynthia Lord

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.

— Laurence J. Peter

I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate.

— Derrick Bell

Guy Gavriel Kays Tigana is, in my opinion, one of the best, if not the best fantasy novel ever written. Its beautifully…

— David B. Coe

“A library is many things. It’s a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It’s a place to go…

— E.B. White

My cure for writer's block is to step away from the thing I'm stuck on, usually a novel, and write something totally…

— Jess Walter

Great novels have great characterization no matter what. But multiple points of view let me examine characters from entirely different perspectives, allowing…

— Sabaa Tahir

I read a lot of fantasy. I adored 'Anne of Green Gables'. But my favourite books as a child were probably Laura…

— Tracy Chevalier

Eventually, I realised that I wanted to try to create something myself, and that's what writing novels is. Not because I wanted…

— Chris Pavone

Shirley Jackson said that a confused reader is an antagonistic reader, and I live by that. It's okay to start anywhere, and…

— Anne Lamott

“I told them what I had discovered about Nabokov's sentences: Because the word string and the thoughts behind the words are so…

— Daniels, Leslie

“I don't believe books have endings. Not the well written ones anyway...”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

“Adventure, the first great theme of the novel.”

— Milan Kundera

I'm going to book-and-author dinners, and I'm the author!

— William Lashner

If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.

— Rita Mae Brown

“Our library isn't very extensive, but every book in it is a friend.”

— L.M. Montgomery

Literature may be false, but it is not trivial.

— Mason Cooley

“There’s always books. And the wind through trees.”

— Anna Jae

Publishers see free downloads as threatening the sales of the book.

— Paulo Coelho

But you have read Madame Bovary?' (I'd never heard of her books.) 'No.

— David Mitchell

Spending time with a book is much more than just learning to read.

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

— Jeanette Winterson

Lead the reader toward the thought, then stop a little short.

— Mason Cooley

“will you be the one reading the book or writing the book”

— Abe

Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

— Augustine Birrell

All my life I have been trying to learn to read, to see and hear, and to write.

— Carl Sandburg

“The past is as easy to travel into as turning the pages of a book...”

— S.R. Ford