Books Quote by Anonymous

“In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable to read bad literature than good literature. Good literature may tell us the mind…

— G.K. Chesterton

For my part, the good novel of character is the novel I can always pick up; but the good novel of incident is the…

— Agnes Repplier

Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way

— Stanislaw Lem

“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about…

— Clark Zlotchew

There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader.

— Maggie Stiefvater

The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he…

— Andre Gide

“In books, often the bad guys have a story too, and sometimes it is just as tragic as the hero’s.”

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

A good novel is something that challenges perception, that allows you to see the world anew through a different point of view - something…

— Justin Cartwright

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.

— Carlos Fuentes

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

— Aldous Huxley

The reason truth is stranger than fiction is that truth has a better author.

— Stuart Taylor

There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true!

— Philip Larkin