Every Book Quotes

126 Every Book quotes by 109 unique authors

In the words of Agatha Swanburne, founder of Swanburne Academy, 'Every book is judged by its cover until it is read.' — Maryrose Wood
JK Rowling created seven Horcruxes. She put a part of her soul in every book and now her books will live forever — Stephen King
Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book… — Ethan Hawke
Every author ought to write every book as if he were going to be beheaded the day he finished it. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed,… — George Orwell
I know exactly what I would do with immortality: I would read every book in the library. — Mark Jason Dominus
It reminded us that propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning and a purpose… — George Orwell
[T]he German censorship forbade or mutilated my every book, which was like sticking pins into my soul... — Israel Zangwill
There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are… — Mark Mothersbaugh
Well, first you have to love writing. A lot of authors love having written. But I enjoy the actual writing. Beside that, I think the… — R L Stine
I cry at the end of every book. — Hunter Parrish
There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without… — Josef Skvorecky
Every book that is banned is a badge of honor. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer
I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers. — Lois Lowry
In every book I write, I try to name-check the most prominent influences, or the most prominent conscious influences. — China Mieville
Every book I write, the first thing I have to do is get into the voice, and the voice varies from book to book -… — China Mieville
Every book is good to read which sets the reader in a working mood. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere. — Chris Crutcher
Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you struggle to write… — Justin Cronin
Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death. — Peter Ackroyd
When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly… — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because I… — Markus Zusak
The way I feel about every book is this: you don't finish it, you abandon it. All of my books have in some sense failed,… — Russell Banks
Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book, and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so. — Northrop Frye

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