Ever Read Quotes

109 quotes by 102 authors

And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made… — Alan Ball
As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a… — Iain Banks
'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path… — Alton Brown
Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written. — Luke Bryan
The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous - licentious -abominable - infernal - Not that I ever read them - No - I make… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Be careful how you live; you will be the only Bible some people ever read. — William Thoms
I don't believe any of you have ever read Paradise Lost, and you don't want to. That's something that you just want to take on… — Mark Twain
The book, as it stands, seems to me to be one of the most frightful muddles I have ever read, with scarcely a sound proposition… — John Maynard Keynes
O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could… — Patrick Henry
Larry Gellerâ€™s Leaves of Elvisâ€™ Garden is by far the best book I have ever read about Elvis.Â It is emotional, revealing and spiritual, and… — Uri Geller
You ever read a book that changed your life? Me neither. — Jim Gaffigan
I thought Erica Jongs Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that Ive ever read in my life. — Helen Reddy
Books are useless! I only ever read one book,Â To Kill a Mockingbird,Â and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds!… — Homer
Books help to form us. If you cut me open, you will find volume after volume, page after page, the contents of every one I… — Susan Hill
I don't write for an audience. I write for myself. And if I imagine an audience at all, it's the characters, but I know that… — Ursula Hegi
If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we… — Edward R. Murrow
I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right… — Jackie Collins
Why can't Americans do their own taxes? Because the federal Tax Code is out of control, that's why. It's gigantic and insanely complex, and it… — Dave Barry
This fear is one of the horrors of an author's life. Where does work come from? What chance, what small episode will start the chain… — Carson McCullers
David Grossman may be the most gifted writer I've ever read. [To the End of the Land is] powerful, shattering, and unflinching. To read it… — Nicole Krauss

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