Bad Book Quotes

22 Bad Book quotes by 19 unique authors

The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for… — Moliere
Neither is a dictionary a bad book to read. There is no can't in it, no excess of explanation, and it is full of suggestion,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations. — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house. — Renzo Piano
A bad book owes to many trees | A forest of apologies. — J. Patrick Lewis
There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader. — Maggie Stiefvater
It's easier to write about those you hate — just as it's easier to criticize a bad play or a bad book. — Dorothy Parker
So, you see, it's a real chore for me to write a book review because it's like a contest. It's like I'm writing that book… — John Irving
A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance;… — John Kenneth Galbraith
A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I've just gotten in the habit of forgiving. — Lev Grossman
Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book. — Malcolm Cowley
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul. — Aldous Huxley
A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him.… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for… — Terry Goodkind
One cannot review a bad book without showing off. — Wystan Hugh Auden
A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad… — J. Patrick Lewis
Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I personally can't think of anything less sacrosanct than a bad book or even a mediocre book. — Helene Hanff
I love to read about anger. A "feel bad" book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history of literature is… — John Waters
Life is too short to read a bad book. — James Joyce
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it come as sincerely from the author's soul — Aldous Huxley
I think of tomorrow going shopping, hanging out with good friends and family and then I thought to myself if people find me dead tomorrow… — Maureen Renfro

Who Wrote These Bad Book Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 22 Bad Book Quotes as follows: