Book Quotes · Page 189

Some of my best book recommendations have come from booksellers.

— Sabaa Tahir

Life is messy; it's not linear, it's not logical, and the book reflects that.

— Rose Quiello

The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.

— Julian Barnes

“Seldom happier than when I'm on my own, lost in a book.”

— Martin Edwards

Some might say we lose ourselves in a good book. In truth, we find ourselves.

— Cassandra King

An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only.

— C. S. Lewis

Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever.

— Henry David Thoreau

“And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?”

— Lewis Carroll

Dr. Phil was very helpful and caring. I believe he helped all of us there and watching how to better relate, understand,…

— Louie Anderson

One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…

— David Foster Wallace

There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count.…

— Sandra Cisneros

We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too.

— Nick Hornby

I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of…

— Rachael Ray

I should think that an ordinary copy of the King James version would have been good enough for those Congressmen.

— Calvin Coolidge

The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always…

— Jodi Picoult

My number one goal as a thriller writer is to entertain you. But I've got a chance to not only entertain people,…

— Brad Thor

If you are interested in happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is…

— Anonymous

Webster and I are very aloof. The two of us go and sit there by ourselves. I sit by myself in the…

— Calista Flockhart

Well, Bradbury's a genius. Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books of all time, and The Illustrated Man as a collection…

— Zack Snyder

Many adults, whether consciously or unconsciously, find it beneath their adult dignity to do anything as childish as read a book, think…

— Isaac Asimov

I'm imagining that paper books will evolve to become something akin to candles we have them in our homes and cherish their…

— Steve Leveen

I did get tired of hearing that criticism years ago. That is not a compliment. Being labeled a "beach read" is a…

— John Grisham

Whatever action we are doing, we should be sure to keep the thought of God alive within. Whenever we sit or get…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

In North Korea the math book says, you know, there are four American bastards. You kill two of them. Then how many…

— Park Yeon-mi

“Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.”

— Anonymous

Nothing ever invented can you a bigger life than a book.

— David McCullough

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

— Paulo Coelho

I have been an art director, a book designer, a book-jacket designer and an interior designer.

— Milton Glaser

The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.

— Edward Gorey

From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

— Truman Capote

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.

— Tove Lo

No book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible.

— John Quincy Adams

“Trump voters hate my books. They can't stand it when a book makes them think.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

My life has always been an open book and it's not such an eventful life.

— Randhir Kapoor

But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.

— Bryce Courtenay

“Just finished [Capitalist in North Korea]—fascinating! What an experience. Wow.”

— Justin Rohrlich Emmy Award Winner Head Writer Minyanville's World In Review

“We may not all be on the same chapter, but we should be in the same book". ~R. Alan Woods [2007]”

— R. Alan Woods

I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.

— O. J. Simpson

Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant.

— Paul Auster