Books Quotes · Page 225

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

The novel is a game or joke shared between author and reader.

— Annie Dillard

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— Muniir Zero

“In life you only get what you put in, the same is true for reading.”

— Carmela Dutra

“No price is too high to pay, to be the author of your fate.”

— Johnathan Jena

I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.

— Iris Johansen

“There is much to discover that's not on the back cover!”

— Anonymous

“A good book nourishes the soul Like good food nourishes the body.”

— Jo Ann Gilbert Stover

“You're welcome. I love the bargain book section. I always find some good deals at more than half off the cover price.”

— Amy Clipston

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

— Samuel Butler

Preparation for becoming attentive to Christianity does not consist in reading many books ... but in fuller immersion in existence.

— Soren Kierkegaard

Imagination plays too important a role in the writing of history, and what is imagination but the projection of the author's personality.

— Pieter Geyl

It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.

— Ibrahim Babangida

My problem is that people have been writing books about me.A lot of things that people write about you are incorrect, but…

— Diana Ross

It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I…

— Chris Van Allsburg

“We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them. [ Inside Out (VH1)]”

— Warren Zevon

A slave's life is mostly composed of patience and study. Yes, study. If not with actual books, then following the example of…

— Laura Antoniou

When I was in South Korea, the books that I read about Americans were actually Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama. If this…

— Park Yeon-mi

I don't want to be influenced as to what I write in the next book, to hear those voices in my head…

— Maggie O'Farrell

I guess one of the most magnificent things a novel can do is to change your perspective on the world, and to…

— Marie Rutkoski

If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that…

— James Anthony Froude

“In his book "Men to boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity", Gary Cross asks simply: "Where have all the men gone?" Like…

— Mark Steyn

“You can’t help wondering if this is the year that you’d be getting a good story again. It was the same thing…

— Marla Miniano

“And, you know, I hope you have some fun with this book. Nosh and nibble at the corners or read the mother…

— Stephen King

What's my favourite book? It changes all the time.

— Kevin Spacey

Novels arise out of the shortcomings of History.

— Anonymous

The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.

— Ray Bradbury

Defensive player of the year is MVP in my book.

— Brittney Griner

I grew up in a house with very few books.

— Ken Livingstone

I always try to read at night, because it gets me kind of tired.

— Kiernan Shipka

'Heavy Rain' is a cousin of the 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books.

— David Cage

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

— Dirk Benedict

When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.

— Patti Smith

I've read a lot of Terry Pratchett's stuff, probably from when I was, like, 14.

— Colin Morgan

I don't want to force my politics on my readers.

— John Grisham

The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.

— Stephane Mallarme

If you really wanna be a rebel, read your bible.

— LeCrae

“I am a character in someone's book whose end has not yet been written”

— MBarreto Condado

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

— Anonymous

I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.

— Marian Keyes