If I had a bookstore I would make all the mystery novels hard to find. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore. — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Books on the bookshelves And stacked on the floor Books kept in baskets And propped by the door Books in neat piles… — L.R. Knost Copy Share Image
Excellence is THE trend of the '80s. Walk into any shopping mall bookstore, go to the rack where they keep the best-sellers… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It’s been a tough couple of years for condescending nerds. And if bookstores fall, Jon, America will be inundated with a wandering,… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
By the mid 1970s, the great downtown bookstores had begun to disappear as their customers migrated from city to suburb where population… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
I think it's easy to get a book in a bookstore. I think it's just damn near impossible to get a book… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn't a healthy thing for me. — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing… — Mike Greenberg Copy Share Image
I was once almost forced off the stage at a large chain bookstore that shall remain nameless, because she introduced me as… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
The best moment is when you walk into a bookstore and see a pile of your books - that is the oddest… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
We all just took the bookstore at its word, because if you couldn't trust a bookstore, what could you trust? — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
I wanted a bookstore because the book business is the business of life. — George Whitman Copy Share Image
In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections. — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
I went to a bookstore to try to find a book. The bottom line is, it all comes by trial and error.… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
“A man who looks like Frodo just spent $150 on erotica books and asked for my phone number. I considered giving him… — Syrie James Copy Share Image
Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore,… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I tell you what's really ridiculous--going into a bookstore and there's all these books about yourself. In a way, it feels like… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Nobody recognizes that a bookstore or library can also be a drowning polar bear. And in this country [US], magazines, newspapers, and… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“One of the smartest things one can do in life sometimes…is play stupid. Be encouraged” — Kerry E. Wagner Copy Share Image
My parents were in the book business, my brothers still run the Dutton bookstores in Los Angeles, and I've been interested in… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
