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title: "46 Bad Books Quotes by 43 authors"
description: "Browse 46 Bad Books quotes by 43 authors. Discover the best Bad Books sayings and thoughts."
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> [Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/great-books-write-themselves-only-bad-books-have-to-be-written/)

[F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/)

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> [There's so many films made out of bad books, and I don't have time for those.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stellan-skarsgard/there-s-so-many-films-made-out-of-bad-books-and-i-don-t-have-time-for/)

[Stellan Skarsgard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stellan-skarsgard/)

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> [There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatole-france/there-are-no-bad-books-any-more-than-there-are-ugly-women/)

[Anatole France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatole-france/)

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> [I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/i-don-t-hold-with-the-notion-that-only-bad-books-make-good-movies/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

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> [“There are no bad books, just a bad time for that book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meigz/there-are-no-bad-books-just-a-bad-time-for-that-book/)

[Meigz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meigz/)

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> [“Reading good books spoils you for enjoying bad books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-barrows/reading-good-books-spoils-you-for-enjoying-bad-books/)

[Annie Barrows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-barrows/)

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> [Good books enlighten the mind, bad books corrupt the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aisha/good-books-enlighten-the-mind-bad-books-corrupt-the-soul/)

[Aisha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aisha/)

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> [Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/bad-books-engender-bad-habits-but-bad-habits-engender-good-books/)

[Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/)

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> [Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/children-simply-don-t-make-the-distinction-a-book-is-either-good-or/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

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> [It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/it-is-far-better-to-be-silent-than-merely-to-increase-the-quantity-of/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [As always, a lot of bad books will be published. Some good books will be published, and you have to seek them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/as-always-a-lot-of-bad-books-will-be-published-some-good-books-will/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/every-book-you-pick-up-has-its-own-lesson-or-lessons-and-quite-often/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlize-theron/i-think-writing-a-book-with-film-in-mind-is-a-way-to-write-a-really/)

[Charlize Theron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlize-theron/)

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> [It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-saroyan/it-is-a-pity-in-my-opinion-that-no-prize-exists-for-the-writer-who/)

[William Saroyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-saroyan/)

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> [If we thought more for ourselves we would have very many more bad books and very many more good ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-we-thought-more-for-ourselves-we-would-have-very-many-more-bad/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-ve-read-a-lot-of-bad-books-i-used-to-review-books-for-a-living-and/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I think I wrote once that baseball in many ways is very much like reading. I said there are more bad books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-angell/i-think-i-wrote-once-that-baseball-in-many-ways-is-very-much-like/)

[Roger Angell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-angell/)

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> [One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/one-can-never-read-too-little-of-bad-or-too-much-of-good-books-bad/)

[Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/)

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> [Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-vizinczey/most-bad-books-get-that-way-because-their-authors-are-engaged-in/)

[Stephen Vizinczey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-vizinczey/)

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> [“I read a lot of bad books- books so bad that they aren't even published,which is quite a feat, when you consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/i-read-a-lot-of-bad-books-books-so-bad-that-they-aren-t-even/)

[Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/)

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> [The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-books-one-reads-in-childhood-and-perhaps-most-of-all-the-bad-and-2/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-shriver/reading-time-is-precious-don-t-waste-it-reading-bad-books-or-books/)

[Lionel Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-shriver/)

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> [Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/attacking-bad-books-is-not-only-a-waste-of-time-but-also-bad-for-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [In the course of my research, I've read a lot of incredibly bad books - mostly by academics. I'm puzzled as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-kurlansky/in-the-course-of-my-research-i-ve-read-a-lot-of-incredibly-bad-books/)

[Mark Kurlansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-kurlansky/)

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> [“All books are good,’ he said. ‘That’s not true,’ I said. ‘I’ve read some really bad books.’ I was thinking specifically of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-jewell/all-books-are-good-he-said-that-s-not-true-i-said-i-ve-read-some/)

[Lisa Jewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-jewell/)

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> [Many bad books have had great influence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/many-bad-books-have-had-great-influence/)

[Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/)

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> [Good books are irrefutable, and bad books refute themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/good-books-are-irrefutable-and-bad-books-refute-themselves/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

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> [There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norton-juster/there-are-good-books-and-there-are-bad-books-period-that-s-the/)

[Norton Juster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norton-juster/)

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> [Bad books always lie. They lie most of all about the human condition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-percy/bad-books-always-lie-they-lie-most-of-all-about-the-human-condition/)

[Walker Percy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-percy/)

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> [Even the bad books I write are satisfying. I'm my least critical reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-voigt/even-the-bad-books-i-write-are-satisfying-i-m-my-least-critical-reader/)

[Cynthia Voigt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-voigt/)

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> [Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/reading-good-books-ruins-you-for-enjoying-bad-books/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

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> [It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-lansburgh/it-s-more-fun-writing-bad-books-than-reading-good-ones/)

[Werner Lansburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-lansburgh/)

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> [Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gunter-grass/even-bad-books-are-books-and-therefore-sacred/)

[Gunter Grass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gunter-grass/)

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> [“Life is too short to waste your time with bad books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kr-ger/life-is-too-short-to-waste-your-time-with-bad-books/)

[Michael Krüger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-kr-ger/)

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> [“we are bad books about our favorite topics. I am my dumbest dollar & I am what is left when it learns.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-are-bad-books-about-our-favorite-topics-i-am-my-dumbest-dollar-i/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Anyone who tells you her life is like a book has either been reading some bad books or is not being straight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-andersen/anyone-who-tells-you-her-life-is-like-a-book-has-either-been-reading/)

[M.J. Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-andersen/)

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> [There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hampton/there-is-a-sort-of-theory-that-you-should-adapt-bad-books-because/)

[Christopher Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hampton/)

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> [A lot of truths about the living world are recorded in bad books; they are just badly written about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/a-lot-of-truths-about-the-living-world-are-recorded-in-bad-books-they/)

[Joseph Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-roth/)

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> [I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-fuentes/i-don-t-think-any-good-book-is-based-on-factual-experience-bad-books/)

[Carlos Fuentes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-fuentes/)

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> [Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/good-books-get-praised-bad-books-get-praised-good-books-get-ignored/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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