Books are special, books are the way we talk to…

Books are special, books are the way we talk to generations that have not turned up yet. The fact that we can actually, essentially…

— Neil Gaiman

“I wanted to believe that as generations turned over, those coming into economic and political power would build a different, better, more expansive world,…

— Anna Wiener

“Old.  Old is relative, girl.  No, what makes them special is that they are books from history.”

— Hannah Crow

Only the best books are special. Why? Because they open our eyes, touch us, excite us, extend us.

— Michael Morpurgo

I've written many nonfiction books, but that's a special gift.

— Tim LaHaye

Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us,…

— Neil Gaiman

“Books are the way that the dead communicate with us. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us,…

— Neil Gaiman

We, the authors, want people to buy books. That is the only way we can earn - from our royality.

— Sudha Murty

“There are a lot of people like me, people who need books the way they need air.”

— Richard Marek

My books are, in a way, a record of my life - that part of it that came to flower and fruit in my…

— John Burroughs

In certain books—some way in the first few paragraphs you know that you have met a brother.

— Robert Henri

Books are the way the dead talk to the living.

— Laurie Anderson

I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"

— Carl Reiner

“These books were a way of escaping from the unhappiness of my life.”

— Charles Dickens

“I find books in used-book stores, chain and independent stores, on friends’ shelves and being read by some woman sitting opposite me on the…

— Walter Mosley