Books Quotes · Page 529

“Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they…

— Immaculee Ilibagiza

The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all.

— Rose Tremain

Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.

— William Shakespeare

In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings.

— Sam Tanenhaus

I read a lot of sci-fi when I was younger. Loved it from the literary point of view.

— Bonnie Hammer

Some books are drenchèd sandsOn which a great soul's wealth lies all in heaps,Like a wrecked argosy.

— Alexander Smith

“These empty pages are your future, soon to become your past. T will read the most personal tale you shall ever find…

— Anonymous

I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. I've got a lot of material. But a book about…

— Kevin Spacey

You can't write a book if you've never read a book. And if you've read five books and you try to write…

— Bun B

I have an idea for a story, and if the idea is going to work, then one of the characters steps forward,…

— Laurie Graham

I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly true in my case. I re-read Pound…

— James Laughlin

I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea.…

— Robert Fisk

“Almost every book in the NT has something to say about false beliefs and those who advocate them. We are warned, e.g.,…

— Anonymous

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy...! I will strengthen thee; yea; I will…

— Compton Gage

For notes related to books I'm writing, I've wondered whether I should organize my notes better, but I do find that the…

— Gretchen Rubin

“It is his raw ambition that draws her in, the impracticality of it all, this idea that he wants to do great…

— Thomas Christopher Greene

“Experience life, pick up a good book and appreciate the moment, for the moment, not the replay.”

— Serina Hartwell

“Anyone who has read a lot can tell you that the best ideas you take from a certain book often have nothing…

— Mark Manson

“The French government classifies books as an “essential good,” along with electricity, bread, and water.”

— Robert B. Reich

All of my books come from something that I happen to be working out at a given point in my life. It's…

— Deb Caletti

The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build.

— Thomas Keller

I'm a unicorn in the world of journalism; I've stayed in the same mid-sized city, and that staying has allowed me to…

— Beth Macy

If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.

— Jack Abramoff

“As you know, Joyce was a writer who asked his reader to give him a lifetime,” he said. “I am that reader,…

— Philip Levine

It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense.

— Lee Child

“The hard fact is that writing is available to readers because of market factors as much as particular writing talent.”

— Sara Sheridan

“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones…

— Jane Pek

Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing.

— Alexander Pope

It sounds like a brag but I've got a separate room in my flat just for unread books; I don't let my…

— Sara Pascoe

I liked 35 and in both my novels that is the age of the lead characters. I tried making them my age…

— Alexei Sayle

Traditionally, the science fiction reader has been the 16- to 24-year-old male, especially the male with an interest in technology.

— Robert J. Sawyer

One Best Book Is Equal To Hundred Good Friends.. But One Best Friend Is More Than A Library

— Anwar Saicha

I write cheap recipes for struggling families and single people, and have donated 800 copies of my newest cookery book to food…

— Jack Monroe

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

— Anthony Browne

Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.

— Carlos Fuentes

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