Books Quotes · Page 458

As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.

— Anthony Browne

I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.

— Elmore Leonard

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

I am proudest of that first novel, 'Trust,' of anything I have written. I don't think I've had such intense energy since.

— Cynthia Ozick

My mom loved the book [My beloved world] and she said to me, 'I never knew you had done so much.'

— Sonia Sotomayor

Unlike many travel books I didn't set out to travel with the idea of writing a book in mind.

— Chesa Boudin

Just as you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, don't judge people by their clothes.

— Kirron Kher

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something…

— Haruki Murakami

I don't really deal with the attention I receive to be honest. I build up a fantasy world around me that I…

— Pete Doherty

Knowing that books are something that is hidden, that almost has that alchemical quality to it. There is a secret society in…

— Jeanette Winterson

Even books are nurses, medicines are nurses. But we must work to bring about the time when man shall recognise his mastery…

— Swami Vivekananda

I never write with any kind of message, and I don't think that this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger' has a message in the…

— Rebecca Stead

I had a lot of classical influences. I had classical music and opera and literature, but I also liked sleaze. And putting…

— Rick Owens

“My definition of a good book is one that you would read for pleasure despite having no prior interest in the subject.…

— Philip Gourevitch

In many Muslim countries, witchcraft is not only on the books as a crime, but is commonly prosecuted. In 2009, for example,…

— Steven Pinker

Christ and the life of Christ is at this moment inspiring the literature of the world as never before, and raising it…

— William Dean Howells

One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be…

— Sara Zarr

You can't have a dream come true if you don't have a dream. You can't write a book if you don't write.

— Kwame Alexander

“Don't be the forgotten voice in an unwritten book. Ikke bli den glemte stemmen i en uskreven bok.”

— Atle Jarnæs Lerøy

Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the…

— Rupert Grint

My partner doesn't read. He's not illiterate - he just chooses not to read - and I love reading. I'm obsessed with…

— Evangeline Lilly

To me the book is like having a kid. I have to let it go out in the world, and great things…

— Kate DiCamillo

“Indeed, if we read merely to stock our head with ideas, to feel superior to others, or to appear learned, then our…

— J Oswald Sanders

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was…

— Iain Banks

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a…

— David Attenborough

I love it when people ask who my influences are... or what my favorite part of my last book was... or the…

— Jennifer Weiner

“To be original is not creating your own idea; it's the essence of the idea in the reader's mind.”

— Kaela Marooney

“more on this in chapters 7 and 8.) Getting Value from Entrepreneurial Talent We three authors come from a business environment where…

— Reid Hoffman

I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.

— Sara Gruen

For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Wal-Mart.

— Amanda Hocking

Life is same as a book, you're holding a pen and writing it. Don't forget: never give your pen to someone else.

— Unkown

Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different.

— Sydney Pollack

“The book thief had struck for the first time - the beginning of an illustrious career.”

— Markus Zusak

Stop being childish. Use your time better - better yourself. Read a book, or do a workout exercise on YouTube.

— Anthony Yarde

“I houseclean my books every spring and throw out those I'm never going to read again like I throw out clothes I'm…

— Helene Hanff

Arguably, in business books, I don't think there's much that has never been said before.

— Guy Kawasaki

I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.

— Aimee Mann

I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a…

— Dan Mangan

“Is it not a pity when some stylistic subtlety is lost without trace by the reader's inattention?”

— David John Richards

My two sons speak Hebrew, and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live.

— Herman Wouk