Books Quotes · Page 83

When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.

— Anatole France

I'm not Mr. Hollywood. I'm a book writer.

— Michael Connelly

Books and words teach a lot, but age is the greatest teacher

— Kingstyllez

“[Cora:] Did you hit your head on a library book?”

— Jessica Lave

I mean, there are things in the book you could never do in a movie.

— Noah Hathaway

The best and only authentic book written on the sixties underground.

— Dennis Hopper

I'm not a writer. I like being a reader.

— Brian Reynolds Myers

“People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives”

— Akita Lovers

Dating the same guy twice is like reading a book,you already know the end...but if I would only have the chance I…

— Anonymous

Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book.

— Wally Lamb

I have spent more time with other people's books than with my own. I do not regret it.

— Italo Calvino

Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.

— Joanne Harris

I'm sure the large part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the main person in the book. The small part of…

— Mark David Chapman

My little book of stories, 'Souls in the Twiligh,' may have to stand in for all the other things I have wanted…

— Roger Scruton

I keep saying my books don't have superheroes. They have ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

— Ravi Subramanian

I have a visual mind, so when I read a book, I get an instant picture in my head and it's very…

— Richard Armitage

Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your…

— George R. R. Martin

“This life is short, and you never know how many chapters you have left in your novel, Graham. Live each day as…

— Brittainy C. Cherry

It was hard to write about my dad for the first book because I know how sensitive he is. I knew he…

— Jenny Mollen

Everyone in my book accuses everyone else of being crazy. Frankly, I think the whole society is nuts - and the question…

— Joseph Heller

A ghost story of which the scene is laid in the twelfth or thirteenth century may succeed in being romantic or poetical:…

— M. R. James

“I'm not difficult," Violet said. "I'm simple. I like good books and clever conversation and being left alone much of the time.…

— Courtney Milan

Post-publication I have been surprised at the limited resources publishers have to promote books. I certainly knew that being a new author,…

— Renee Watson

She did not want to read this book from start to finish, or rather, she thought perhaps it did not want her…

— Catherynne M. Valente

I was reading all these books, including the Bible - and I'm an atheist.

— Margot Kidder

Books aren't lumps of paper, but minds on shelves.

— Sheridan Hay

“Tea, chocolate,Scotties and a good book. Perfect!”

— Pamela Harden

Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.

— Alberto Manguel

When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.

— Cesare Pavese

We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.

— T. S. Eliot

“Your time is precious so this book is short and to the point.”

— Luke Wroblewski

“You're a big help, Mr. I Read So Many Books.”

— Laura Ruby

Death is hacking away at my address book and party lists.

— Mason Cooley

God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

I expected more from literature than from real, naked life.

— Gunter Grass

“Writers owed their readers a duty of care, of mercy.”

— Ian McEwan

Give a kid a book, and you change the world. In a way, even the universe.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature.”

— Christine de Pizan

My life has been an open book, for better or for worse.

— Blake Shelton

I have a book! It's called 'How Does She Do It?' and it's 35 years on camera.

— Deidre Hall