Book Quotes · Page 231

Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.

— Nick Hornby

Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

If I was reading a book about a comedian, I wouldn't really care too much about their childhood.

— Lee Mack

On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.

— Ramon Rodriguez

“Since when did you start plucking books off the children's shelf, Leona?”

— Elizabeth Lynn Casey

I read constantly. If I don't have a good book, I'm beside myself.

— Gail Godwin

The literature of disease is more interesting to me than all the healthy books.

— T. E. Lawrence

“great book stands the test of time unlike my good self….”

— Douglas Adams

A lot of the ways of advertising a book - the cover, whether somebody sees it on a subway or sees it…

— Gary Shteyngart

There was no "decision" per se to re-position myself. I simply decided that I wanted to write a book that would help…

— Guy Kawasaki

Writing a book is like torture that you don't know, but after it's done and there it is. It's a joy like…

— Harry Crews

“I’m working on a large project which I hope will become a book. A war book.’ ‘Hasn’t someone already written that one?”

— Jo Nesbø

Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading!…

— Andrew Lang

I do need publicity but not for what I do for good. I need publicity for my book. I need publicity for…

— Muhammad Ali

I think it may not be a coincidence that the rise of printing and book publication and literacy and the phenomenon of…

— Steven Pinker

Seeing my book on a billboard in New York was a bucket-list-type thing, but also a deeply surreal moment. I had to…

— Ruth Ware

I don't write the same book over and over - I think if I did that, I would stop writing. I couldn't…

— Jodi Picoult

I have found that the characters in my novels stay with me after a book has ended. I know them in some…

— Marilynne Robinson

Don't sell yourself short. No one will value you. Set a fair price for you, your book, your services, whatever it is…

— John Kremer

You have to capitalise on any success you have and keep doing what you do as well as you can. But how…

— Janet McTeer

Those with a gift for action, for their part, often express contempt for those whose gifts are more reflective. Men of action…

— Michael Ignatieff

“read this?" I asked. "Not that one, but like I said... I tried to prepare for this. We aren't doing this again.…

— L.A. Starkey

Hands down, the hardest part for me is coming up with an idea. I spend about 14 months writing a book, and…

— Kristin Hannah

Since I invoke Torah so often, let me state that I don't personally believe in the God it postulates ... I am…

— David Ben-Gurion

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.

— Lynda Barry

What I do in my book is let people know about these programs.

— Matthew Lesko

“You can’t give what you don’t have. To write, you must read. To write well, read well.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections.

— Jennifer Egan

Books make great gifts because they're everybody's favorite things.

— Julie Andrews

“But there is much that cannot go into books, and that is the loss with which I become increasingly concerned.”

— John Williams

No CEO examining books today understands what the hell is going on.

— Charlie Munger

For my 'Perfect Chemistry' series, I did movie-style book trailers, and my fans went crazy for them.

— Simone Elkeles

“A good book can make you laugh but only a great book can make you cry”

— Rockerlulu

“How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost?”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

— Jay Asher

I always want to write something better than the last book.

— Tracy Kidder

I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind.

— Robert Jay Lifton

“Only a true reader will understand how lovely it is to read a book on rainy days.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals…

— Alice Hoffman

Southern man better keep your head, don't forget what your good book says.

— Neil Young