I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once…

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten.

— Richard Scarry

I am very happy when people write that they have worn out my books, or that they are held together by Scotch tape. I…

— Richard Scarry

“Standing before the worn books and dusty shelves, she seemed like a ray of light in the windowless room.”

— Lisa Kleypas

Usually, the creating of the book happens while I'm writing the book. I start with Chapter One, with a few ideas and a handful…

— Lily King

I prefer always to think that I am creating a book, not a series of stand-alone poems.

— Martha Ronk

Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.

— Anna Sui

It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on different levels.…

— Graeme Base

I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the…

— Paul Allen

When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing and books…

— Mike Greenberg

“The Arcade, and now Peabody's, combined to tell me that there was life in objects, in books. It was all about having eyes to…

— Sheridan Hay

“He saw a square room furnished as a library. The entire section of the walls which he could spy was covered from floor to…

— James Stephens

“I had been opposed to the practice of dedicating books; I had held that a book is addressed to any reader who proves worthy…

— Ayn Rand

“The library spilled onto the floor and into the other rooms. Some books held up wobbly tables, others were literally swept under the rug.…

— Michael Buckley

“Florida was plenty hot, certainly, and humid, too. Hot enough that your clothes stuck to you like Scotch tape, and sweat dripped like tears…

— John Green

If you want to feel less sexy put scotch tape on your nipples.

— Demetri Martin