Books Quotes · Page 228

Language is what books do very well and movement is what movies does very well.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“We read to learn about the world. We write to change the world.”

— Lori Jamison Rog

A book is a silent teacher, and a precious and indispensable companion in life.

— Vikrant Parsai

The principle of literature is devotion to the particulars of life.

— Carol Bly

One of my favourite books of all time is 'The Borstal Boy.'

— Roisin Murphy

In a good book the best is between the lines

— Swedish Proverb

I like books that explore identity and youth culture or rites of passage.

— Emily Weiss

I have died and gone to the land of bad novels.

— Gail Carriger

As Jules Renard said, no matter how much care an author takes to write as few books as possible, there will be…

— Donald Barthelme

Sometimes readers are telling me about what they read of my books and I don't remember at all.

— Peter Handke

For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food.

— Anne Lamott

We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but…

— William James

I can't go into Oklahoma without thinking about Larry Clark's photography book 'Tulsa.' It's a great book about how life works.

— Buzz Osborne

I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.

— Jami Attenberg

“the wonderful thing about books was that they were films that played inside your head.”

— Ruth Hogan

I read Henry Miller's 'Nexus,' 'Sexus' and 'Plexus' the summer after I graduated from college. It cemented my decision to spurn any…

— David Berman

I really started self-publishing on a serious level in 2002. Those smaller books did well, ended up moving from doing a series…

— Tim Fish

Whoever commits to paper what he suffers becomes a melancholy author: but he becomes a serious author when he tells us what…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“But my kind reader will please to remember that this history has “Vanity Fair” for a title, and that Vanity Fair is…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“The last book I picked up had a picture of the Stranger on the front cover. Although his eyes were not nearly…

— Markelle Grabo

What I will be remembered for are the Foundation Trilogy and the Three Laws of Robotics. What I want to be remembered…

— Isaac Asimov

The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison,…

— Leo Tolstoy

Being the first to do something like this also registers a lot of attention that the line might not have gotten if…

— Mark Millar

Being a best-selling author just means the world for me. Some of my happiest memories, growing up, are being at book stores…

— Chris Colfer

“We are as liable to be corrupted by books as we are by companions.”

— Henry Fielding

“Books are so much more reliable than people.”

— Amy Cross

“A good reader has the power to move the world.”

— Aman Jassal

“Better watch her. She burns other people's books.”

— Tsukumizu

“Let the readers do some of the work themselves”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.

— Judy Blume

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

— Mitch Hedberg

I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.

— Janice Dickinson

Often with good sentiments we produce bad literature.

— Andre Gide

I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do.

— Margaret Oliphant

There's far more truth in the Book of Genesis than in the quantum theory.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you.

— Toni Morrison

As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.

— Beverly Cleary

“We read not to escape, but to go deeper into life.”

— Joseph Monninger

I really try to focus on my books and readers.

— Emily Giffin

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

— Henry James