Book Quotes · Page 176

Now I don't have anything against Mexican people, but for God's sakes, sign the gust book on the way in.

— Dennis Miller

I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library.

— Adriana Trigiani

“Life's book is hard to understand; Why couldst thou not remain at school?”

— Charles Hanson Towne

My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.

— Edward Abbey

Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.

— Trent Reznor

I'm kicking myself in the rear end every day, saying, 'Did I really book this many shows? What am I doing?'

— Justin Moore

If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

— Markus Zusak

The Book of Revelation is such a dream landscape that you can plug any major conflict in it.

— Elaine Pagels

My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

YOU YOU YOU your eyes, thick as a high school scrapbook crackling and yellow, curling at the edges a book of myths…

— Clint Catalyst

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they…

— Walter Benjamin

And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you this: you'll…

— Ben Goldacre

Knowledge exists in minds, not in books. Before what has been found can be used by practitioners, someone must organize it, integrate…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

You try to learn who you are. You work hard. You've either got it or you don't when it comes to writing…

— James Ellroy

I think it's one of the reasons I wrote my book later in life. My parents didn't have these extreme alternations of…

— Francine du Plessix Gray

I've been drawing authors and politicians for newspapers for many years. I try to read up on the person; in the case…

— Siegfried Woldhek

There is a certain amount of intrigue that gets created by revealing portions of the book and, in the process, generating a…

— Ravi Subramanian

If you want to be a writer, you should go into the largest library you can find and stand there contemplating the…

— Margaret Atwood

I say at the very end of "Winter Journal" that I do dream about my father often. I think I have a…

— Paul Auster

I never tell students they cannot read a book they pick up, but I do guide them toward books that I think…

— Donalyn Miller

“What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that…

— Timothy Ferriss

Part of any book is establishing the rules at the end of the world. My first book, 'The Intuitionist,' takes place in…

— Colson Whitehead

“This irritated or puzzled such students of literature and their professors as were accustomed to ‘serious’ courses replete with ‘trends ’ and…

— Vladimir Nabokov

You've done so many things and read so many books. Do you still believe in happy endings?" "Oh my Lord, yes." Bernadette's…

— Karen Joy Fowler

Until a book starts forming in your head, you always wonder, 'Am I going to be able to do this again?'

— George Pelecanos

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

— Agatha Christie

When I wrote the Anita Hill book I believed everything I wrote was accurate.

— David Brock

I've played D&D for years. I'm a comic book guy. Comic-Con in San Diego is nerd Christmas for me.

— Brian Posehn

I once considered writing a book called I'm not OK and you're not OK, and that's OK.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

It's a terrible thing for a book, when you feel like you're supposed to like it.

— Lev Grossman

“The only drama I have time for is the kind between the covers of a book.”

— Rae

There is a book of Revelation in every one's life, as there is in the Bible.

— Anonymous

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

— Sharon Creech

“I am a bestselling author”, rather than “I will write a book next year.” Second,”

— James Thompson

People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.

— Lev Grossman

I know America's great not because I read about it in a book but because I've seen it with my own eyes.

— Marco Rubio

Never Judge a Book by it's Cover you may miss the Important Part.

— Earlene Michelle Robateau

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

— Simon Van Booy

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

— Shereen El Feki

“The only failed book is the one that was never written, out of fear-of-failure.”

— Giuseppe Bianco