Books Quotes · Page 308

Books changed my perception about the sacrifices we make as athletes.

— P. R. Sreejesh

“Writing is the voice of the heart' Julia Suzuki”

— Julia Suzuki

We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.

— Christina, Queen of Sweden

I didn't want to write another book about fraudulence.

— Ben Lerner

“We are the author of our own destruction.”

— Sunday Adelaja

I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.

— Oriana Fallaci

I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable.

— Donald Ray Pollock

You can't always be by the book every single day of your life.

— Dacre Montgomery

I'll read enough When I do see the very book indeed Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself.

— William Shakespeare

Great fashion is all about surprise. It should always be about doing something that isn't by the book.

— Reed Krakoff

That LIKE A BOSS moment when you turn to the exact page in a book your teacher tells you too.

— Anonymous

I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.

— Anonymous

“Love, I wrote the book on it. Unfortunately, nobody would publish it, so I felt compelled to burn my manuscript.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Being as Communion is the final book in a trilogy. The two earlier books were The Design Inference and No Free Lunch.”

— William A. Dembski

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly…

— Mark Twain

Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer…

— Walter Jon Williams

Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped…

— Billy Boyd

When you get inside a literary novel you feel that the author, more often than not, just doesn't know enough about things.…

— Peter York

“Every now and then, I need a little spark of inspiration. It could be from reading (a novel, poetry, story, news article,…

— Sandra Proto

I settled in with The Uninvited Guests thinking I knew what kind of Edwardian pleasures were in store: the fraught dinner party…

— Maile Meloy

Insider can be more ludicrous. How did I ever end up [as one]? Carsick [Waters's book on hitchhiking] was on the New…

— John Waters

We don't need to have just one favorite. We keep adding favorites. Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most…

— Lloyd Alexander

I think with my book, I wanted to first of all just be completely involved in it. I wanted to write it;…

— Vogue Williams

“If you have more good days than bad, you might be an optimist. If you roll out of bed in the morning…

— Jeffrey Michael

“No one gives a shit if you write a book or not.”

— Jeffrey Ford

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

— Henry Miller

I think the Queen enjoyed my book on her father, George VI.

— Sarah Bradford

You know, I've read Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' about fifteen times.

— James Balog

“Books are companions even if you don't open them.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“~I am neither an author nor a writer. I am a storyteller with good grammar.~”

— Darke Conteur

The worse the author, the more he is known.

— James Purdy

“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice.”

— Cyril Connolly

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written.

— William Faulkner

Never Judge A Book By Its Cover You May Miss A Amazing Story

— Kiana JWilson

“Life is a recipe book our words always cook enough.”

— Kishore Bansal

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

— W. H. Auden

I was so long writing my review that I never got around to reading the book.

— Groucho Marx

It's irksome to read about someone I don't recognize. It frightens me.

— William Shatner

All I want is to be left alone to write my books.

— Vaclav Smil

Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti