Books Quotes · Page 146

I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

One of these days I'm-a make me a book out of you.

— Billy Collins

“I never found a book that did not have at least a little magic in it”

— William Ritter

“Reading books exposeses you to different lives”

— Thabiso Monkoe

Books marketing has moved from the review culture to a preview culture.

— Ravi Subramanian

There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

— Maurice Sendak

“All great writers share one thing in common: They finished their books.”

— M. Kirin

“Hi guys the book Im reading right this moment is called Uglies”

— Scott Westerfeld

I sell my first book to Random House, a memoir of my years as a war photographer, for twice my NBC salary.

— Anonymous

Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.

— Mary Roach

“A book, too, can be a star 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“Umit did not allow the books to read him. Nor did he allow the books to dictate his thoughts.”

— Raj Doctor

I like learning things, and I like that writing comics is an excuse to look into new stuff and research and learn…

— Charles Soule

Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times

— John Burroughs

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world…

— David Amram

“The rage for swiftness which is so characteristic of this restless time has been extended to fashions of reading. One effect of…

— Arlo Bates

Filming 'Eclipse' - Eclipse was my favorite book so I was really excited to start filming the movie. I just love that…

— Taylor Lautner

If you're going to have a book full of clever people and nobody ever jokes, it's just not going to ring true…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I think authors like me are always struggling with the idea that they should have a brand and a Facebook author page…

— Lynn Coady

A celebrated author and divine has written to me that he has gradually learned to see that it is just as noble…

— Charles Darwin

Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman…

— Anne Hathaway

I've probably written some books - I know I've written some books that were more interesting to me than to a large…

— H. W. Brands

I had dinner with Marlene Dietrich in the early 1970s. I went to pick her up and she had someone with her,…

— Robert Wilson

Literature may open a third eye in the middle of the reader's forehead.

— Amos Oz

My life's a book; I've got a bunch of different chapters.

— Phil Murphy

All the stuff we have to edit out of our music, we put in our kids book.

— Tom Fletcher

An author's first duty is to let down his country.

— Brendan Behan

To me, making a CD is like writing a book.

— Johnny Van Zant

Never judge a book by it's cover or who you're going to love by your lover.

— Steven Tyler

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

— Jim Harrison

“books are burned, they will, in the end, burn people, too.”

— Joel C. Rosenberg

...and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything

— Mark Haddon

“Information that a book possesses is made of time”

— Sunday Adelaja

I write my books never thinking of an actor.

— Michael Connelly

If he wins a fourth Super Bowl, he's the greatest ever in my book.

— Michael Irvin

“Never mind reading between the lines, try reading what's on them first.”

— Teri Louise Kelly

Along with responsible newspapers we must have responsible readers.

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

Nobody wants to read about your life. Who cares?

— David Spade

You tell a kid he doesn't like to read, and he'll believe you

— Gabrielle Zevin