Book Quotes · Page 239

How did I change my life? I wanted things. I wanted women and I wanted to write books.

— James Ellroy

I strongly believe that good books are the best home accessory.

— Rachel Nichols

The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

A bit of advice: never read a pop-up book about giraffes.

— Sean Lock

To be a judge you don't have to know about books, you have to be skilled at picking shrapnel out of your…

— Joanna Lumley

My favorite book is always the one I'm working on at the moment

— Caroline B. Cooney

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

— John Ruskin

I wouldn't ever presume to say that I am a comic book fan.

— Ray Stevenson

'Get Skinny' is my sixth book. I look over the books that I've written, and my subject matters are varied, and I…

— Suzanne Somers

The first thing a fascist regime does is burn books. To not have them around would mean to make sure they're not…

— Kimberly Peirce

Be knowledgeable in your niche, provide some information free of charge, and share other trustworthy people's free resources whenever possible...

— Heather Hart

I grew up in Florida, and I wanted to go home and I couldn't. I didn't have the money. The book [The…

— Kate DiCamillo

“A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not an article for mere consumption, but…

— Thomas Jefferson

The pleasant books, that silently among Our household treasures take familiar places, And are to us as if a living tongue Spake…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.

— Salman Rushdie

I teach myself archaeology, I teach myself Spanish, and that's because it can be fun, it can be useful. So I keep…

— Philippe Falardeau

“The sneaky heftiness of the book being the aggregate cumulative effect of hundreds of thousands of individually insubstantial little markings, letters and…

— Charles Yu

Kong Qiu, or Master Kong as he was known, did not live to see his days of glory. During his lifetime, his…

— Confucius

For example, a few years ago, a great French philosopher, Roger Garaudy, wrote a scientific book. He did not offend, curse, or…

— Anonymous

“This book," he began, "is very, very unsuitable." He paused, then went on. "In fact, in my whole life, I have never…

— Mark Salzman

Whenever a text-book is written of real educational worth, you may be quite certain that some reviewer will say that it will…

— Alfred North Whitehead

Movies are definitely more fun because there are so many different seasons in a movie. It is exciting to be drafting together.…

— Stephen Kendrick

I love the Hunger Games books. Certainly, the fans are there. They're grown enormously since the beginning. When I first brought the…

— Nina Jacobson

It is so important to see that we are all converted, that we have in our hearts a conviction concerning this great…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

After my first book, I figured that since it was successful, I wanted to continue things better.

— Ravi Subramanian

For my first book, 'New York,' I had one camera and two lenses. It was fotografia povera.

— William Klein

..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information.

— Julian Barnes

Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books

— Michael Caine

A book that bores me to tears is a book that neglects character building and quality of prose.

— Kristin Cashore

The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest.

— Jasper Fforde

If knowledge does not bring money, the book is its place, not the brain.

— Ilkin Santak

When I read a good book, it's like traveling the world without ever leaving my chair.

— Richard Peck

“What could be more lovely than writing a book about something you love?”

— Mark Helprin

I didn't want my book to be soapy - maybe it's my vanity but I think I can write better than that.

— June Brown

To me, movies are books. They are texts to be consulted.

— Guillermo del Toro

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

— Toni Morrison

Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.

— Tyler Hilton

“I was taken up by books, as if by the strong arms of a parent I'd never known and had been badly…

— Vince Passaro

When you start at catering college, nobody prepares you for a book tour or public speaking.

— Rene Redzepi

You become a writer because you like to be alone in a room with your books.

— Nick Laird