Books Quotes · Page 175

I'm not an actual author but an accidental one.

— William P. Young

I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so.

— Oscar Wilde

“I'm gonna read a book. From beginning to end. In that order.”

— George Costanza

“Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book! ”

— George S. Patton Jr

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

— Chanakya

Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.

— Anonymous

“17 Christmases is a delightful children's book that I would highly recommend”

— Dandi Daley Mackall

“Note to self: don’t throw things at girls.”

— Emlyn Chand

The illusion is an agreement between the reader and writer that this [story] will be like life. The emotional temperature drops when…

— John Updike

“Rather than confusing the biblical writers and their readers with modern scientific concepts, God accommodated.”

— Matthew Barrett

I certainly wouldn't be writing books if it hadn't been for the feminist blogosphere, and I think that's a really amazing thing.

— Jessica Valenti

[The inspiration that comes to authors of fiction] is not an act of intelligence.

— Mary Lee Settle

“It was, she said, the way the book had revealed an inherent narcissism in its recipients.”

— Jon Ronson

In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.

— Mason Cooley

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from...

— Malcolm X

“At the exact moment when truth erupts, the subconscious changes from wastebasket file to angel writing in a book of gold.”

— Ray Bradbury

“This isn't tolerable for the democracy in the increasing technological world. The most significant example is climate change, it turns out, for…

— John Brockman

In my case, literature is a kind of revenge. It's something that gives me what real life can't give me - all…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. It's a labyrinth of books with…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world…

— John Goodman

Teachers have almost stopped reading aloud to their classes because of the pressure of testing and tight curricula, but it is the…

— Katherine Paterson

Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite obsessed by thoughts about sentencing, punishment, how…

— Helen Garner

“When life seems like an uphill task do not ever give up on yourself or on life! Travel to a new place,…

— Avijeet Das

The great thing about literature is that you're making up your own interpretation of the character anyway. Also, you're given basically a…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

No; that doesn't interest me.' 'That's because you never read a book about it.

— Ernest Hemingway

I'm not really all that familiar with comic book culture.

— Christoph Waltz

The richest author that ever grazed the common of literature.

— Samuel Johnson

There was always Helmut Newton coffee table books around when I was growing up.

— Hannah Bronfman

There are as many Africas as there are books about Africa...

— Beryl Markham

I read to my kid, but I can't stand reading.

— Adam Sandler

“the thing about books is, there are quite a number you don't have to read.”

— Donald Barthelme

I never read theory. I think that was to my benefit.

— Nan Goldin

Realistically, the chance of any book becoming a film is slim.

— Kenneth Oppel

“Seeking for salvation within covers with pages of printed letters”

— D.Kadie

All my books are adventures, but they also have a social viewpoint.

— Anatoly Rybakov

All the books I've read, I've read at the right moment.

— Miriam Toews

People call books holy, but they are yet to realize that life is holy.

— Jaggi Vasudev

I hope that the kind reader recognises this as a despairing attempt at humour.

— Nancy Springer

I wear the black for those who never read.

— Johnny Cash

I have never read it. You should not waste your time.

— Kenneth Clarke