Books Quotes · Page 10

Every single book is a challenge.

— Nora Roberts

“It's a gift. Never lend a book.”

— Ronald D. Moore

My mother taught me to read.

— Fiona Shaw

“I see words, I read them.”

— Jim C. Hines

Books and marriage go ill together.

— Moliere

Literature is the memory of humanity.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

People love their comic books.

— Jessica De Gouw

I don't read fiction at all.

— Brent Spiner

A foreign country can best be understood through its literature.

— Simone de Beauvoir

“Remember literature, Charlie? It involved getting drunk and getting laid.”

— Don DeLillo

No book was ever written down by any but itself.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I am not well read, but when I do read, I read well.”

— Kurt Cobain

Secrecy can be sexy. It's essential to any good mystery novel.

— Heather Brooke

If I had to write a novel, I'd start crying after three lines.

— Pam Shriver

Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads.

— Cornelia Funke

I think the novel, its business is the investigation of human nature.

— Ian Mcewan

“You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“No one can tell you what you can and cannot put in your book. So be brave and just write!”

— Chrys Fey

“A good book is hard to read, on account of how often it makes you stop and think.”

— Chris Brady

You're looking for something, I don't know what I'm looking for, but I'm looking. Writing is a lot about that. When you…

— Alejandro Zambra

I've always loved J.R.R. Tolkein and recently, Christine Feehan and J.K.Rowling. There are many as I'm an avid reader, but those three…

— Franny Armstrong

Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living.

— Janette Rallison

The only readers we get are people whom our subject interests. No one reads ads for amusement, long or short... Give them…

— Claude C. Hopkins

“An author who does not support his or her characters does not deserve the support of readers. EVER!”

— Johanna Oznowicz

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff…

— Voltaire

“A hundred years ago, an average teenager knew countless authors, and, a sex position or two. Today, an average teenager knows countless…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I would not want to forget the first time I read The Lord of the Rings. I would never want to forget…

— Sharon Cameron

“I want to write a book called Kissing Kissinger. It won’t be about kissing, Kissinger, or even politics. It’ll be about radiator…

— Jarod Kintz

“ Non necessario. ” He snatches the paper from me and wads it into a ball. “I am your map!” “Hey! I…

— Kristin Rae

Those who have read the book and followed my tumultuous life understand that in many ways my life parallels 'the Count of…

— Montel Vontavious Porter

“We think, in some ways, we have all done this our whole lives, searching for the book that will give us the…

— Eleanor Brown

It's quite interesting, looking back at the first one [film about Harry Potter], nobody knew whether or not it was going to…

— John Hurt

“Book Two AND SO IT BEGINS”

— Anonymous

“This is my logo for Art and Books”

— Jarod Kintz

I was inspired by self-help books.

— Rudy Ruettiger

“How hungrily we read about ourselves!”

— Gore Vidal

“Make your life colorful with books.”

— Sania Fiaz

I like to read because it kills me.

— Mary Ruefle

History is sympathetic to its authors.

— John McAfee

No two persons ever read the same book.

— Edmund Wilson