Books Quotes · Page 448

Literature is one of those realms in which giving out prizes can seem not merely dubious but positively obtuse.

— Ben Dolnick

I still enjoy the tactile sensation of holding a book. But when I need to read fast for work, I use the…

— Jonathan Tropper

A writer could spend years reading already-published books just to gain a grasp of the historical terrain.

— Erik Larson

“There was a Wonderful Friend whom i meet when ever in solitude.. He gives me solace & Fun. People call them Books.”

— Lowplex

I guess there isn’t a rule book for what might be unacceptable to do to another human being.

— Suzanne Collins

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

— George Henry Lewes

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

— Denis Johnson

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.

— Carl Sandburg

The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is…

— Charles de Lint

“Books; what a jolly company they are, Standing so quiet and patient on their shelves, Dressed in dim brown, and black, and…

— Siegfried Sassoon

“book (you are SO going to need a copy of this!) The Boat Owner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual. This is the sea…

— Rick Page

For kind of sophisticated art I'm interested in, the larger structural rebuke has to be so subtle that it has to be…

— Junot Diaz

I am thinking to write a book about facebook people psychology, so at least people like me can understand, why some people…

— Rajesh

When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and…

— Dawn Richard

“To be Queen Elizabeth within a definite area, deciding sales, banquets, labours, and holidays; to be Whitely within a certain area, providing…

— G.K. Chesterton

“ Just So You Know You fall in love with every book you touch. You never break the spine or tear the…

— Sarah Addison Allen

What's important to me is that I put messages out, whether it's a TED talk, whether it's a book.

— Simon Sinek

The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new.

— Ben Katchor

It used to be that comic strips were the big thing, and comic books were toilet paper.

— Neal Adams

Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.

— Joan Jett

One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need…

— Meg Cabot

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

— Katherine Paterson

I don't see how anybody can read the Bible and believe it's the word of God, or believe that it is anything…

— Culbert Olson

But metre itself implies a passion , i.e. a state of excitement, both in the Poet's mind, & is expected in that…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“This is what I love about novels, both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss, to be with you”

— John Green

“Did you know that the author William Shakespeare invented more than seventeen hundred words, including ‘assassination’ and ‘bump’?”

— Lenore Look

I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started…

— Frankie Cosmos

“... the great novels of the world were about three things - death, money and sex. Occasionally a whale.”

— Kate Atkinson

“When we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so…

— John Green

My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.

— Stephen Hawking

Every author ought to write every book as if he were going to be beheaded the day he finished it.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

To be honest, I think Chris Ware is the only person whose books I've actively and consistently purchased for years.

— Aesop Rock

I cranked out a book. I didn't expect it to do much, but it's sold 80,000 copies.

— Anh Do

To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie— True Poems flee—

— Emily Dickinson

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

— Joe Frazier

A good novel is a conjunction of many factors, the main of which is without a doubt, hard work.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself. She thought a writer should work harder writing a…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

The best books come from someplace deep inside… Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.

— Judy Blume

“I was a closed book, a rolled map, a dark territory, uncharted; I was surprised by my urgency, but after all, to…

— Heidi Heilig

I read Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, which I think will subsequently be recognized as one of the first great…

— Lev Grossman