Books Quotes · Page 588

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

— T. S. Eliot

Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and…

— Tahir Shah

“Write the ending first and then you'll know before the opening sentence that it's going to be a good book.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Show me a fantasy novel about Chernobyl--there isn't one! Because reality is more fantastic.”

— Svetlana Alexievich

What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age.

— Peter Brodie

I certainly think we're going to see more and more graphic novels and more illustrated novels.

— Charlaine Harris

When I was young, I didn't like to read. I would have much rather been outside doing something than been inside reading…

— Tony Dungy

“Fifty-two XIV. The Knitting Done XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever Book the First—Recalled”

— Charles Dickens

“But sympathy in novels need not be simply a matter of the reader’s direct identification with a fictional character. It can also…

— Jonathan Franzen

“Things turn up in strange places all the time. For example library books, which possess a disconcerting ability to move from place…

— Lauren Willig

“I am a product [...of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of…

— C.S. Lewis

It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and…

— Greg Bear

I think many of my books, including 'Handle with Care,' including 'My Sister's Keeper,' circle back to how far are we willing…

— Jodi Picoult

It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“As attentive readers may have noted, the standard narrative of heterosexual interaction boils down to prostitution: a woman exchanges her sexual services…

— Christopher Ryan

When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised…

— Adora Svitak

I'm a reader, so when I go to bookstores I need (stuff) that's going to help me. There a big emptiness there…

— Nas

I read Henry Miller's 'Nexus,' 'Sexus' and 'Plexus' the summer after I graduated from college. It cemented my decision to spurn any…

— David Berman

“the wonderful thing about books was that they were films that played inside your head.”

— Ruth Hogan

“Becoming a better writer is going to help you become a better reader, and that is the real payoff.”

— Anne Lamott

Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the…

— Oscar Wilde

I find it strange when people call 'signatures' autographs. An autograph is when mickey signs your book. Not for papers at the…

— Sarah Hyland

For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food.

— Anne Lamott

Sometimes readers are telling me about what they read of my books and I don't remember at all.

— Peter Handke

As Jules Renard said, no matter how much care an author takes to write as few books as possible, there will be…

— Donald Barthelme

In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat and demands to be written.

— Salman Rushdie

I can't go into Oklahoma without thinking about Larry Clark's photography book 'Tulsa.' It's a great book about how life works.

— Buzz Osborne

We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but…

— William James

I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.

— Jami Attenberg

I hope people will like my novels after I'm dead. And I hope my children think about me in good ways, by…

— Clyde Edgerton

“The Knitting Done XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever Book the First—Recalled to Life”

— Charles Dickens

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

— Tom T. Hall

My characters are all kind of geek archetypes of people I've encountered at gaming and comic book conventions.

— Ernest Cline

Readers soon tire of prefaces, and skip them, and so the labor of writing them is lost.

— Sarah Josepha Hale

You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.

— Anonymous

My go-to author for knowing it all is Evelyn Waugh. 'A Handful of Dust' is as perfect as a book can get.

— Laurie Graham

I would welcome a friendship with Lynne Hinton. I would welcome an invitation to sit down at her table, but mostly I…

— Maya Angelou

“I put the book down and went to the window. I stared at my reflection and the trees behind it for a…

— Stephen Chbosky

The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.

— Charles Spurgeon

My husband and I are huge bibliophiles. He's always reading 'The New York Times Book Review' and then ordering 20 books online.

— Carrie Coon