Books Quotes · Page 278

“Literature is a writer's secret life recorded in symbols.”

— Will Lavender

“I always buy another book when I still have ten to read.”

— Bipolarkath

“A books should teach us to enjoy life, or to endure it.”

— Samuel Johnson

Tomorrow is the first blank page of 365 page of book. So write a good one.

— Brad Paisley

Books are wonderful, but they aren't that powerful.

— Junot Diaz

Young people's reading choices are influenced by their peers.

— Stephen D. Krashen

I wrote a few children's books... not on purpose.

— Steven Wright

Woman's face is like an open book that reveals her stateàof mind...

— Mazher (@mazher50

I'm generalizing wildly, but academic books find safety in explanations that reduce the chaos of social life.

— Amitava Kumar

“I am fascinated that no one I have read seems to have noticed that the literature on Picasso continually turns grown-up women…

— Siri Hustvedt

When I write a novel, I have what I think of as an icon that helps get me into the world of…

— Anna Quindlen

I guess from my perspective being a female athlete as well, there's probably not a huge amount of female athlete books out…

— Ellyse Perry

I'm a reader. I found out that, whether you're a studio head or a director, you must read your own material. You…

— Ridley Scott

Every novel is-at the beginning-the same opening of a door onto a completely unknown space.

— Margaret Atwood

I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.

— Ken Follett

You who think of us: they lived only in delusion... Know that we the People of the Book, will never die!

— Czeslaw Milosz

“Reading a book, and taking the time to ruminate and make inferences and engage the imaginational processing, is more cognitively enriching, without…

— Ken Pugh

I was a terrible reporter. The only advantage was I made all my mistakes in a place and at a time where…

— Emily Maitlis

“I find it sad that more Christian literature does not address miracles, and the possibility of demons in our midst. Jesus performed…

— D.L. Koontz

I did not intend to write a funny book, at first. I did not know I was a humorist. I have never…

— Jerome K. Jerome

“look, and I’m sure you’ll be amazed at the wealth of great books—usually there are several hundred freebies in virtually every category…

— Steve Weber

Siobhan said that when you are writing a book you have to include some descriptions of things. I said that I could…

— Mark Haddon

“I just make the best book that I can and try to not worry about audience or if it will sell. The…

— William T. Vollmann

“Book Mechanical Bull for hire at just $550.00 from Smack Amusements in Brisbane and fill your party or event with fun, this…

— Smack Amusements

“I wonder if you ever read my poems and wish they were written for you.”

— Kamand Kojouri

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

— Manuel Puig

“Reading centers on finding yourself in a book. -- Sherman Alexie”

— Anita Silvey

I was never a big comic book fan. I was always more into the baseball cards.

— Tracy Morgan

The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories.

— Chuck Palahniuk

It's easier to sit and watch TV than it is to get up and read a book.

— Brad Bird

I've been called every name in the book.

— Ryan Fitzpatrick

I wish i could press snowflakes in a book like flowers.

— James Schuyler

If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.

— Terry Pratchett

“Reading a book is like life: you live it one page at a time.”

— Ronald E. Yates

“Any book, old or new, that claims to hold all the answers to life, is a scam.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The more you read, the better you get at it.

— James Patterson

There's no encyclopedia or book about parenthood. You learn on the fly.

— LeBron James

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

— Robert Graves

Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.

— Mark Twain

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

— Jerzy Kosinski