Books Quotes · Page 1,432

The wisdom which does not proceed from Christ, and which does not as a consequence lead to Him, is only foolishness; for…

— Pastor Scott

The books I made, most of those books were made in the '80s or early '90s. I was reacting emotionally at that…

— Crispin Glover

“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories.…

— Jean M. Auel

When I read 'Greenberg,' I had a really strong sense if I could be any kind of writer I wanted to be,…

— Greta Gerwig

I'd never put much thought into writing an autobiography before, because while I have this public persona of being extremely confident, I…

— Perez Hilton

“I couldn't see killing myself if I had a book that was only half-read: Fountainhead, Catcher in the Rye, Hitchhiker's Guide to…

— Michael Anthony

There are people who think contraception is immoral because the object of copulation is procreation. In a similar way there are people…

— Helen DeWitt

I love computers. I love writing on them. I love gadgetry. The thing is: I am a slow reader. So, if I…

— Stephen Sondheim

“At the time I was, and would continue to be for many years, obsessed with the Sweet Valley High books. I read…

— Roxane Gay

“I got the idea from our family’s plant book. The place where we recorded things you cannot trust to memory. The page…

— Suzanne Collins

“He wa so difficult to read, it was frustrating. His thoughts and emotions always seemed to be kept very carefully under wraps.…

— Tiffany A. Snow

“You cannot embark on life, that one-off coach ride, once again when it is over, but if you have a book in…

— Orhan Pamuk

“relativity, and how to make sense of bizarre quantum mechanical behaviour — were considered in my previous book. I am pleased to…

— Andrew Thomas

“If you fall in love with a character, then you are actually falling in love with the author that wrote the character.…

— Heather Dowell

Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of…

— Michael Dirda

“Oxford scholar C. S. Lewis, an atheist turned believer, wrestles with the idea of hell in his book The Problem of Pain…

— John Burke

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after a book is published, perhaps 5,000 letters…

— Dean Koontz

Many books have mattered enormously to my life and work. 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens would be one of several contenders for…

— Cheryl Mendelson

Anita Johnston, Ph.D., author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, taught me to look in the mirror with curiosity rather…

— Jenni Schaefer

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and…

— David Walliams

“That’s what comes of overthinking things. On a more pragmatic level, we do things simply because we do them. I wrote this…

— Justin Wetch

“Warning: This book contains graphic language, sex, lies, intrigue, clowns, kleptomania, anal sex, oral sex, mutual masturbation, bad driving, good cooking, and…

— L.B. Gregg

Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and…

— Agnes Repplier

People who hate me call me a Twitter troll, which is laughable given my extensive body of work, which you can find…

— Mike Cernovich

We thus begin to see that the institutionalized practice of citations and references in the sphere of learning is not a trivial…

— Robert K. Merton

“And Yet the Books And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings, That appeared once, still wet As…

— Czeslaw Milosz

“His whole mind has been given to books, and I am hardly exaggerating if I say that they are more real to…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose history is…

— WILLIAM SAROYAN

“Authors," he murmured with a grin. "You all think your work is flawless, and anyone who tries to change a single word…

— Lisa Kleypas

Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of…

— Jasper Fforde

We divert our attention from disease and death as much as we can; the slaughterhouses are huddled out of sight and never…

— William James

My colleagues and I were always having the same conversation in the teachers lunchroom about books we wanted our students to read,…

— Charles Best

Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in…

— David Hume

The use of literature is to afford us a platform whence we may command a view of our present life, a purchase…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rudy Steiner was scared of the book theif's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have longed for…

— Markus Zusak

“...Mind you, if we we're talking about regeneration, we could go a step further and take a leaf out of the sponge…

— Jasper Fforde

“Michelle, since the first day I met you I knew you were the one for me. I knew that I would make…

— Blaque Diamond

The history of fiction is about family - an inexhaustible subject for literature. We are creatures driven by emotions that are on…

— Siri Hustvedt

I daily disconnect and read a good book or listen to a good sermon or call a friend or my mom and…

— Kim Alexis