My book isn't meant to be read all at once, but rather all…

“A book isn’t rigorous if students aren’t reading it.”

— Penny Kittle

There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase

— Sergei Dovlatov

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

— Paulo Coelho

I came to New York to see what I could see — that's from a children's book, isn't it? — and to find the living part.

— Edie Sedgwick

I don't understand your book. Isn't every book a book of words?

— Kristin Cashore

“Because you don’t live in a book. Nobody does, silly. Things never happen the way they would in a book. There isn’t foreshadowing.”

— Laurel Snyder

A book isn't noise to drown out other noise.

— Howard Jacobson

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

“A successful book isn’t always good and a good book isn’t always successful”

— Shane Porteous

“We do it by the book, then?" "Precisely. By the book. Yes. Except that there isn't a book." "Right. We do it by a…

— William Ritter

“A book isn't just a friend, but makes friends for you”

— Nina Sankovitch

If a book isn't teaching me something, pulling something out of me, then it will be dull for me and the reader.

— Scott Spencer

I have a short attention span, so when one book isn't working out, I just work on another.

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of her drawing-up…

— Jane Austen

“Sometimes there is no chemistry between writer and reader, so - give up. Not all books are meant to be read.”

— My mother