Books Quotes by Dave Barry

When I read that I had to go to Gettysburg.

— Dave Barry

I read a lot of lot non-demanding fiction.

— Dave Barry

I do some of my best reading while seated in the bathroom.

— Dave Barry

I read the whole Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. They don't take long.

— Dave Barry

Never trust anything you read in a travel article.

— Dave Barry

The books all say that barracuda rarely eat people, but very few barracuda can read.

— Dave Barry

I'm not sure you can count as history, was Keith Richards's "Life," which he so modestly titled it. I did find it…

— Dave Barry

I was reading this James Bond book, and right away I realized that, like most books, it had too many words.

— Dave Barry

I have never had a point in my life to make. I'm just trying to entertain the reader.

— Dave Barry

I walked out of the movie "Lincoln" and bought the book [of Doris Kearns Goodwin] at the bookstore next door.

— Dave Barry

“Our original idea was to write a book titled Fifty Shades of the Hunger Games, by J.K. Rowling with Stephen King: A…

— Dave Barry

I, alone, could never have produced this book. I say this mainly in case there are lawsuits.

— Dave Barry

With humor you have so many options with topics and length, I mean I can write humor essays in books now and…

— Dave Barry

“Well, I may not have a framed Latin diploma, but I know crazy talk when I hear it. Alcohol has been an…

— Dave Barry

The central point of this final chapter is that - follow my logic carefully here - unless you die, you will continue…

— Dave Barry

I'm reading "Team of Rivals'' I'll probably ending up reading a bunch of books about the Civil War. But I think my…

— Dave Barry

All these people helped make this book possible. But let me make one thing clear: If there are any errors or omissions…

— Dave Barry

There are a number of people without whom I could not have written this book, but I hope you don't hold that…

— Dave Barry

But the feeling I have, you know, is that I'll never come close to reading all, or even a thousandth- a billionth-…

— Dave Barry

It was you readers who really came through, proving once again that when the American people decide to "get involved" in a…

— Dave Barry

I'm always writing new books so I don't dwell on the ones I've already done. I think that's a habit from being…

— Dave Barry

I think I've learned over the years, because you'd have to be stupid not to, that when a book publisher gives you…

— Dave Barry

Excellence is THE trend of the '80s. Walk into any shopping mall bookstore, go to the rack where they keep the best-sellers…

— Dave Barry

With a novel, you have the reader with you a lot longer, and you owe him a lot more. Obviously you have…

— Dave Barry

I really need to know where I'm going with fiction to write it in a way that at least I'm happy with.…

— Dave Barry

I read "Remembrance of Things Past" in the original French. I never start the day without reading me some [Marcel] Proust.

— Dave Barry

This book is dedicated to Wilbur and Orville Wright, without whom air sickness would still be just a dream.

— Dave Barry

I was really bummed when I got to the last one of Tony Hillerman Navajo detective books.

— Dave Barry

First, a few words about this title. It isn't easy, coming up with book titles. A lot of the really good ones…

— Dave Barry

If you tell the reader it's funny, then the audience is like an audience at a stand-up comedy club and they expect…

— Dave Barry

I grew up in the Southwest Bronx. Father an accountant, mother a schoolteacher. Brother was six years older, which explains why I…

— Dave Barry

With a novel, you have to have a story. It's much more important to have it matter to the reader what happens…

— Dave Barry

I don't want to dis anybody, but someone like Robert Parker. I first read a Spenser book maybe 20 years ago and…

— Dave Barry