Bookstores Quotes

156 Bookstores quotes by 135 unique authors

For the mind and the imagination, bookstores aren't enough, college courses aren't enough, the Internet isn't enough. Those resources are all governed by the tastes… — Helen Vendler
Ralph Nader choose the man with whom to share the responsibility of running a distant third, California activist Peter Camejo. You may remember that Camejo… — Jon Stewart
There are some writers I think who love to go around and visit bookstores and just interact. — Lincoln Child
I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds… — Robert Sheckley
Ever since the '70s, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo were the godfathers of Scandinavian crime. They broke the crime novel in Scandinavia from the kiosks… — Jo Nesbo
I wanted a bookstore because the book business is the business of life. — George Whitman
I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant… — John Green
Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his… — Erik Larson
By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a job… — Robert Quine
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or… — Laura Lippman
I represent a rural state and live in a small town. Small merchants make up the majority of Vermont's small businesses and thread our state… — Peter Welch
Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the Bill Clinton Adult… — George Carlin
But look what we have built low-income projects that become worse centers of delinquency, vandalism and general social hopelessness than the slums they were supposed… — Jane Jacobs
Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities… — Nicholson Baker
The most colorful section of a bookstore is the display of SF books, with art by people like Wayne Barlow, who is a terrific artist. — Bruce Boxleitner
The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or… — Anita Diament
My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it.… — Kate DiCamillo
In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections. — Adam Gopnik
When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing and books have… — Mike Greenberg
Where I grew up, we had the three TV networks, maybe two radio stations, no cable TV. We still had a long-distance party line in… — Marc Andreessen
At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction. — Richard Paul Evans
What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty.… — David Eagleman
Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem. — Rick Moody
I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book. — Kate DiCamillo
The Internet rewards scale; by trading higher up-front costs for lower marginal cost, market leaders can invest in better technology and service. As a result,… — John Katzman

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