Around Books Quotes
- For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries… — Maya Angelou
- I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work… — Paul Allen
- When the Internet came along, at first it was just a medium for moving text around - books first, then pictures, finally video. Each time… — David Gerrold
- Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books. — Richard Flanagan