Books Quotes · Page 271

I would rather preach one sermon than write a thousand books.

— Vavasor Powell

Young or old, a writer sends a book into the world, not himself.

— John Updike

If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story.

— Jim Lehrer

Never memorise what you can look up in a book.

— Albert Einstein

A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.

— Neil Gaiman

“I need to read it first but I do not know how”

— Alfie Red

Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.

— Joseph Joubert

My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.

— Mason Cooley

I have been writing since I was a kid and thought what I wrote down could one day be made into a…

— Eva Gutowski

The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior.

— Alfie Kohn

“Dude, with your voice you are like, 'Look at all these books I've read,' but with your eyes you are like, 'Help…

— Gabriel Tallent

I wrote a novel. It's called 'The Middlesteins.' It's fiction. It's not a memoir. I'm not a spokesperson.

— Jami Attenberg

“The Dog was a different matter. She was new, or so old that any book that told of her was long since…

— Garth Nix

“Have a cup of tea while reading a book; more tea and more books, you will create yourself.”

— John Taskinsoy

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books…

— Amy Tan

“I live my life like it will be a book, I want to inspire people, not put them to sleep.”

— Sandra Swartz

Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books."…

— Malcolm X

In the '50s, a lot of stories were built around radiation and the proliferation of new technology. In the '70s, there were…

— Jim Lee

Some readers tell me, 'We always treated our maid like she was a member of the family.' You know, that's interesting, but…

— Kathryn Stockett

When a book is in its final stages, I've just got to be home, looking at it seventeen hours a day, and…

— Pam Houston

It is only the basest writer who cannot speak of the sea without talking of "raging waves," "remorseless floods," "ravenous billows," etc.;…

— John Ruskin

“Anyone moderately familiar with the rigours of composition will not need to be told the story in detail; how he wrote and…

— Virginia Woolf

“This is not what death should be. Death, the reason for religion, the subject of great literature, the certainty we spend our…

— Jessica Zafra

As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.

— Helen Dunmore

Too many people write books as a calling card.

— Simon Sinek

“Did you have friend?" "I've read about them, but I don't believe they exist.”

— Jodi Meadows

If I were to have an epitaph, I'd want it to read, 'She did stuff.'

— Ory Okolloh

“Game on. May the best book whore win." - Scarlett”

— Erin Noelle

“Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”

— Terry Pratchett

I tend to read a lot of books and believe in a certain ideology.

— Pankaj Tripathi

A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.

— Margaret Deland

“In order to be heard, an author must have readers...”

— Rachel Heffington

Because I don't believe everything I read.

— Steven Wright

The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.

— Anne Tyler

This book was written using 100% recycled words.

— Terry Pratchett

“Do you have any books the faculty doesn't particularly recommend?”

— Flannery O'Connor

One of my favourite books of all time is 'The Borstal Boy.'

— Roisin Murphy

In a good book the best is between the lines

— Swedish Proverb

A book is a silent teacher, and a precious and indispensable companion in life.

— Vikrant Parsai