Books Quote by Charles Churchill

I found myself jealous of the people who wrote the books. They were dead and they were still taking up my time. Who did…

— Ned Vizzini

“And while self-love each jealous writer rules, Contending wits become the sport of fools: But still the worst with most regret commend, For each…

— Alexander Pope

“That was the only tragic thing about books: they changed people. All except the truly evil, who did not become better fathers, nicer husbands,…

— Nina George

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.

— Anthony Horowitz

I felt the weakness of these books, their immateriality, how they had failed to change the world, and I didn't want to sully myself…

— Gary Shteyngart

Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.

— Alexander Pope

Unfortunate and wretched are those who have respected a book they did not love and hated those they did.

— Milorad Pavić

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery.

— George Orwell

The same common sense which makes an author write good things, makes him dread they are not good enough to deserve reading.

— Jean de la Bruyere

“Many authors, as Hanck in particular had noted, were basically little people, spiritually shriveled, atrophied and care-worn personalities. Petty. Vulnerable and frightened. They needed…

— Klas Ostergren

These are all novels, all about people that never existed, the people that read them it makes them unhappy with their own lives. Makes…

— Ray Bradbury

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who…

— Charles Caleb Colton