Book Quotes · Page 187

[A]n important new book. . . . Professor Akerlof and Rachel Kranton have invented Identity Economics.

— Daniel Finkelstein

“A book unopened alters not the ink on its pages. What is there is there.”

— J.R. Ward

Scar Tissue is the only book Ive ever written when Ive felt completely toxic, ill.

— Michael Ignatieff

The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.

— Anonymous

The last thing that we find in making a book is to know what we must put first.

— Blaise Pascal

“Unless paid, I never read books by or about businessmen or politicians, nor should anyone else.”

— Joe Queenan

Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.

— Pete Seeger

As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children, or you read books for adults.

— Richard K. Morgan

Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating…

— Sara Sheridan

The art of writing books is not yet invented. But it is at the point of being invented. Fragments of this nature…

— Novalis

Most apologetic books are really written for Christians, even the ones that purport to be written for non-believers.

— Timothy Keller

A writer who has published as many books as I have has developed, of necessity, a hide like a rhino's, while inside…

— Joyce Carol Oates

A book ... unlike a television program, moving picture or any other 'modern means of communication' ... can wait for years, yet…

— Joseph Wood Krutch

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.

— Mark Haddon

“And he said... ...open a book full of empty pages before you and you will see your life unfold before your eyes.”

— Anthony T. Hincks

Honey is sweet, "and so is knowledge, but knowledge is like the bee that made that sweet honey, you have to chase…

— Patricia Polacco

The people who review my books, generally, are kind of youngish culture writers who aspire to write books, or write opinion pieces…

— Chuck Klosterman

The Thames Torso murders almost fell into my lap. After deciding to use a real historical crime as the focus for the…

— Sarah Pinborough

How do I start writing a book? I sit there, I come up with an opening line, and then I go little…

— Nick Tosches

“[D]on't ever apologise to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there…

— Neil Gaiman

I think the term "artist's novel" for me has referred to writing which supports an art practice or a more specifically a…

— Jill Magid

It seems to me that literature is giving way a little bit to the immediacy of other diversions, other forms of entertainment.…

— James Salter

Nothing ensures the success of the child more in the society than being read to from infancy to young adulthood. Reading books…

— Anita Silvey

After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic…

— Iris Chang

I just want the fans of the book to be happy. I don't necessarily care about anyone else.

— Kristen Stewart

There will always be books as long as I am mentally capable of it.

— Ruskin Bond

“Books are written little by little...as the cat eats the fish.”

— Lynda K. Scott

The two things that constantly inspired me were books and travel.

— Patti Smith

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

— Michael Moorcock

I'm a huge Marvel Comics fan, and I'm a huge 'Wolverine' fan, I like the 'X-Men' comic book.

— Jason David Frank

I have a vision of the whole Church getting nearer to God by abiding by the precepts of the Book of Mormon.

— Ezra Taft Benson

I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.

— Markus Zusak

Indeed, every book on my shelves is a key to a little vault of memories.

— Anthony Doerr

The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection...

— Carl Jung

I wish my book of life had been written in pencil...there are a few pages I'd like to erase

— Julie Hernandez

Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.

— Iain Banks

Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.

— Stephane Mallarme

I am going to write a book the title shall be The Love of my Life is it alright if you are…

— Gabe De La O

I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.

— Alistair Maclean

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

— Ernest Hemingway