Book Quotes · Page 271

“there’s a bigger social reward for being able to talk about books than for actually reading them.”

— William Deresiewicz

'One With You' was the hardest book I have ever written. I rewrote it three times.

— Sylvia Day

I like to read all kinds of books ranging from spiritual, philosophical, to best-sellers and crime thrillers.

— Mukul Dev

The problem with life is, by the time you can read women like a book, your library card has expired.

— Milton Berle

“the books shot off the shelf like academic projectile puke.”

— Leigh Evans

The Patron of true Holinesse, Foule Errour doth defeate: Hypocrisie him to entrappe, Doth to his home entreate.

— Edmund Spenser

Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form.

— Karin Slaughter

I read Mitch Daniels's book, 'Keeping the Republic,' several times.

— Eric Greitens

One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all of them really is avoid that simple,…

— Russell Banks

“I wasn’t going to compromise. I wanted the guy in the books. The book boyfriend must come to life. Otherwise there was…

— Anonymous

Everyone's waiting for the seventh book, and looking at each other saying, 'Oh, I wonder will I be in the running?

— Brendan Gleeson

You can do so much crazy stuff with books that isn't necessarily being done. That's how culture stays alive - by doing…

— Ryan North

I'm a big comic book person. I love Captain America. I like John Henry. I'm hoping to play one of the superhero…

— Tom Lister, Jr

Freedom and confidence are two different things, in my book. Confidence is overrated - it can be faked, whereas freedom is fearlessness.

— Emily Weiss

“Our body is a sacred temple A place to connect with people. As we aren't staying any younger We might as well…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start…

— Antonia Fraser

What you are is a complicated girl with simple needs. You need your books and time to read, and you need a…

— Brian Morton

But to demand that a work be “relatable” expresses a different expectation: that the work itself be somehow accommodating to, or reflective…

— Rebecca Mead

I think I was a feminist before the word was invented. By the time I came across feminist books by American or…

— Andrew Denton

No matter how good a story is, if you're at a newsstand and you see a lot of comic books, you don't…

— Stan Lee

I believe in fiction and the power of stories because that way we speak in tongues. We are not silenced. All of…

— Jeanette Winterson

There was a small boy on crutches. I do not know his name, and I suspect I never will. But I will…

— James Randi

All the time I was plowing through books on dyslexia, I found myself asking: what if, what if? What if you were…

— Maggie O'Farrell

I try to find inspiration in books, paintings, illustrations and the one thing I try to avoid is just being inspired by…

— Guillermo del Toro

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

— Anonymous

It's a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place

— Cornelia Funke

I manage to read about one book a month, all fantasy these days.

— Mark Lawrence

Even the worst book can give us something to think about.

— Wislawa Szymborska

“The diarist [Anthony Powell] has never adhered to the tedious practice of reading only one book at a time”

— Lady Violet Powell

One needs both leisure and money to make a successful book.

— Frances Harper

I do like Philip Pullman.And that's an exception because Philip Pullman's books allow magic.

— Richard Dawkins

The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

— Patricia A. McKillip

In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.

— Frank Miller

As far as I'm concerned, the book's never closed with Sabbath!

— Bill Ward

“You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your soul.”

— Jay Kristoff

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

— G. M. Trevelyan

You are the book; there is only one version with many chapters.

— Aroha Janet

“Books are road map to your destination called success. Refer to good ones.”

— Vikrmn

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

— Samuel Johnson