Books Quotes · Page 629

“Books are like mirrors , you only see in them what you already have inside you”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Usually, I think, every film I've made has been a book, and I've always read it.

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

Literature is a mystical place for me. It's not dry. It's where miracles happen.

— John Darnielle

He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter

— Isaac Barrow

You've just got to read your read keys and rep it in practice and then just do your job on the field.

— Mitchell Trubisky

That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.

— Karin Slaughter

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?

— Jimmy Connors

“Being a writer of 'literary fiction' means going on and on about something long after the reader has gotten the idea. ...Dan…

— Dan Ahearn

“as [ale] is the liquor of modern historians,..., it ought likewise to be the potation of their readers, since every book ought…

— Henry Fielding

Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up…

— Howie Mandel

“The British academic Richard Schoch, in his book The Secrets of Happiness, put it this way: “Your imagination must, to some extent,…

— Eric Weiner

It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one…

— Cassandra Clare

Vain Art of the Fugue was the only one of my novels to be met with relative public recognition: it was nominated…

— Dumitru Tepeneag

Sometimes when I'm really enjoying a book, I'll read a sentence or paragraph and just think - how can someone's head be…

— Joe Abercrombie

“Science is part of culture. Culture isn't only art and music and literature, it's also understanding what the world is made of…

— Max Perutz

Writing/reading is like visiting another person's brain. And a short book or article is like a short stay. You come in, have…

— Mark Manson

Louisiana can be a good state but I never lived her because of this I reseached books on it

— Louisiana

I beg my reader to consider the "evidence" I provide for my case and perhaps feel persuaded as a result. Beyond that…

— Paul Fry

I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction.

— Connie Willis

I think there's a responsibility of the publisher, of the company, to make sure the staple books that have been around for…

— Jim Lee

“If this were a novel, you'd have to start a new chapter as soon as I appeared.”

— Jasper Fforde

Television captures the mind but does not liberate it. A good book at once stimulates and frees the mind.

— Bruno Bettelheim

When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

— William Lyon Phelps

While writing a novel I almost completely stop reading books in the same sub-genre for the duration.

— Charles Stross

“My shows and books are an instant mood adjuster. They’re my drugs of choice. And the fictional characters I love are like…

— Susane Colasanti

A book, unlike any other friend, will wait, not only upon the hour but upon the mood.

— Myrtle Reed

“The most enjoyable book in the world is the phone book, because think of all the sex that went into creating the…

— Jarod Kintz

With all the things I know, one could write a book... Although, one might also say that, considering all that I don’t…

— Sacha Guitry

I'm not totally comfortable with the ways in which our culture monetises art and literature.

— Sally Rooney

Critics and academics often employ theories and philosophers in order to help them understand and dissect movies and books.

— Douglas Lain

Wearing a giant, over-sized scarf will make you look deeply intelligent in almost any situation, but especially a book club.

— Sarah Cooper

I wrote a graphic novel that came out in 2011 called 'Everlast.' We had a really successful run with that.

— Chad Michael Murray

If the reader cares, I dont think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero.

— Barry Eisler

Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit.

— Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of clichés.

— Vladimir Nabokov

I envisioned that as my life: staying in academia to make a living and then taking summers off to write my novels.

— David Duchovny

Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead…

— Elmore Leonard

Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work.…

— John Turturro

“I started with a book, and that led me to a library, and that led me everywhere.”

— Terry Pratchett