“There is no friend so faithful as a good book. There is no worse robber than a bad book.” — Italian proverb Copy Share Image
Anthologists are lazy fellows who like to spend a quiet evening at home raiding good books. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I picked up this book called Blue Mountain, supposed to be a really good book on the Civil War. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are so many good books, I don't want to only read within one particular type. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Life was too short for bad books, or even good books that you just don’t like.” — Sarah Moriarty Copy Share Image
The right good book is always a book of travel; it is about a life's journey. — H. M. Tomlinson Copy Share Image
Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
With three of my own children, I have witnessed first-hand the vital role reading has played as part of their childhood and… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
My main piece of advice would be don't worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also don't… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“I think you and I ought to publish our letters (they'd be a jolly good book by the way) under the title… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“A day out-of- doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music — that would… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“A Bible not read is like a bulb not lighted. Only insane people will love to work in the darkness with Kings'… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
What I tell myself is that there is never going to be another 'Gone Girl' for me. I mean, I really believe… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility what human nature is of what… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“There was no point in being an angel—that lesson had been drilled into him early and often. Hey, the Bible hadn’t been… — S.E. Jakes Copy Share Image
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books -… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. It is said that leaders… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The reason some crime writers have a chip on their shoulder about the label is because their good books are shelved beside… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
What is easy to read has been difficult to write. The labour of writing and rewriting, correcting and recorrecting, is the due… — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
“In fact, ladies and gentlemen, I have never read any good book that was not related intimately to at least a score… — Maurice Francis Egan Copy Share Image
“I, too, like the sound of the rain on the roof. I also like the lightning. It's like some great cosmic flashlight.… — Jon Scieszka Katie DiCamillo Copy Share Image
