Books Quotes · Page 112

He lies like a book. And he reads a lot of books.

— Elfriede Jelinek

When I was your age, television was called books.

— William Goldman

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.

— Jonathan Carroll

Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.

— Ted Bell

I can Hula-Hoop and read a book at the same time.

— Alison Sudol

“Never judge the length of a book by it's spine!”

— Stephanie Bates

I love poetry - just to read it and be around it.

— Scott Glenn

“I'll take Heinlein over a headmistress any day.”

— Jo Walton

“Anyone who urgently needs us deserves, in the true book of love, to be our friend.”

— Alain de Botton

The lives great artists live and the books they write are two very different things.

— Michael Cunningham

It is always wonderful to be a curious comet wandering in the galaxy of a good book.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The comic book fans, especially 'X-Men' fans, are so serious about their comic book.

— Kelly Hu

I was definitely meant to be a young adult author, and I love it - I'm here to stay!

— Simone Elkeles

“Every writer at least once in his/er lifetime creates a character who loves books.”

— Himanshu Chhabra

“The written word is assumed to have been reflected upon and revised by its author,”

— Neil Postman

Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.

— Richard Wright

It's always a challenge to discover the most effective first sentence, and the most effective final sentence, in a chapter for instance,…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Do not believe that a book is good, if in reading it thou dost not become more contented with thy existence, if…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Children often have imaginary playmates. I suspect that half of them are really their guardian angels. -Eileen Elias Freeman, The Angels’…

— Jack Canfield

Not everybody has time to pay attention fully, or not everybody has the time to read a book. Some people refuse to…

— Lil B

Writing is transmogrifying, not just for the reader but also for the author; an author becomes someone he or she isn't by…

— Robert J. Sawyer

In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how…

— Marianne Williamson

“She is a blank page, but she is also the books she will read, the food she will eat, the love she…

— Kimberly Campanello

When I talk to people about going sugar-free, they almost go into a state of grief! But there are still options out…

— Davina McCall

“No one gives a shit if you write a book or not.”

— Jeffrey Ford

The literature from which I come is rather large.

— Joseph Brodsky

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.

— Angela Carter

I have never, ever read anything written about me.

— Roddy Llewellyn

“If poetry is what you live for then do it write.”

— R.M. Engelhardt

Ideas are to literature what light is to painting.

— Paul Bourget

I always have a few different books going at once.

— Miranda Kerr

My mission is to put a book in every child's hand.

— Rohini Nilekani

Never trust anything you read in a travel article.

— Dave Barry

Nights without work I spend with whisky and books.

— Haruki Murakami

“[Cora:] Did you hit your head on a library book?”

— Jessica Lave

That Bible is read best - which is practiced most!

— J. C. Ryle

One should never underestimate the power of books.

— Paul Auster

Reading centers on finding yourself in a book. ...

— Anita Silvey

Books should cost less and they should be digital.

— Walt Mossberg

Believing in books is a lot like believing in God.

— Julie Schumacher