Book Quotes

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As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one. — Diablo Cody
I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch. — Diablo Cody
I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts… — Diablo Cody
It took me 40 years to write my first book. — Paulo Coelho
It's very difficult to read a book on your computer. — Paulo Coelho
Publishers see free downloads as threatening the sales of the book. — Paulo Coelho
I love 'Top Chef.' I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV. — Andy Cohen
I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've always thought the… — Sam Abell
My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier. — Stephen Ambrose
When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral vision of my memories. She… — Martin Amis
Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards. — Martin Amis
My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she… — Tori Amos
Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read… — Kevin J. Anderson
I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about, that are so graphic and visual. — Laurie Anderson
Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see… — Tadao Ando
I wasn't a smart kid and I still don't think I'm too smart when it comes to book smart, but I was very good with… — Criss Angel
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for… — Maya Angelou
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked… — Maya Angelou
Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just… — Maya Angelou
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

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