Books Quotes · Page 92

Literature is an art of word; philosophy is an art of thought.

— Ilkin Santak

Having my novels published is a dream come true.

— Tulisa

A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Read the kind of stuff you wish you could write.”

— Douglas Wilson

“Books, after all, do not have the same impact whenever we read them.”

— Donald Sassoon

“Writing picture books is like playing Tetris with only Z-pieces.”

— Colleen A.F. Venable

Blow minds not boys, open books not legs.

— Anonymous

I do like to explore evil characters in my books.

— Thomas Perry

I remain a fan of my friend Bret Easton Ellis's 'American Psycho.' I think as a book about New York in the…

— Jay McInerney

What I would do to be Alice climbing through the looking glass, taking one of those pills that makes you small ...…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

I love it when I start a book that is so good that all I want to do is get back to…

— Julia Glass

My publisher feels that my readers are loyal to the voice of my stories, the characters I'm creating.

— Jennifer Weiner

“No serious book lover will ever die having read every book he has managed to collect. This is not a sign of…

— James V. Schall

If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too

— John Lithgow

'Faith and Will' is aimed at the same readership as 'The Artist's Way.' The book is for spiritual seekers in all walks…

— Julia Cameron

I’m a huge fan of the books myself, so to know that I got to play Clary – who’s a literary heroine…

— Lily Collins

For pity's sake, if you don't take a shine to a novel, there are loads more in the world; read something else.…

— Lionel Shriver

The city's the best gallery I could imagine. I would never have to make a book and then present it to a…

— JR

We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Duties concern things that are voluntary. I do think that if you have a moral duty to bring me back the book…

— Nomy Arpaly

“I lay the book on the floor, open to the middle. It's a lovely volume, green leather covers, engraved endpapers. I remove…

— Lou Beach

“Eddie Carroll had just come in from outside, and read Noonan's letter standing in the mudroom. He flipped to the beginning of…

— Joe Hill

“As a professional speaker and author, excellent grammar is crucial in my profession. Without the proper use of words and language, I…

— Susan C. Young

Many people find their calling very early in their lives. These are the kind of people we read about in school books…

— Dhanush

Sometimes my readers ask me what else they should read, and I recommend Sebald.

— Anthony Doerr

“I travel to know the life of great souls in the pages of a book.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Reading novels needs almost as much talent as writing them,' he used to say.”

— Anthony Powell

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

— Samuel Butler

“If a book is well written, I always find it too short.”

— Jane Austen

“I know a few things about normal kids. Hell, I could write a book about them.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Books are enchanted. Books help me travel. Books help me breathe.”

— Margarita Engle

If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book.

— John M. Ford

I don't think I'm the right man to adapt a book.

— Jonathan Glazer

I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books.

— Pete Wentz

“@The darkest and most complex novel in (the Murdoch) series.”

— Maureen Jennings

Be the Author of your Destiny, not the Victim of your Circumstance.

— Nishan Panwar

I want to print books by people in the film industry.

— Brett Ratner

“a book is just like life and anything can change”

— Dr. Seuss

Life is short, so live extra lives. Read books.

— Shannon Hale

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

— Laurell K. Hamilton