Book Quote by Ahmet Zappa

I started to write book reviews as a means of recording my thoughts about what I'd read before all memory of them vanished.

— Debra Hamel

Sometimes I would get frustrated, I'd think, "You know, this is a good book, how come no one is paying attention to it?" So…

— Paul Beatty

I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book…

— Patti Smith

I didn't want just a squeaky-clean book that just illuminated my stardom. For me, that would just be such a waste of time. I…

— Philip Bailey

I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so naive as…

— Richard Curtis

As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.

— Diablo Cody

I would be honored if someone reads my books and it inspires them to write their own work.

— Alexandra Bracken

I have a very short attention span, so books have never been my thing.

— Jason Jones

I get to show the reader the essence of the book without giving anything away.

— Mary Grandpre

Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back…

— Jack Gantos

I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay…

— David Macaulay

The No. 1 thing is to write the book that you love and then hope that it finds an audience with the same taste…

— Sylvia Day