Books Quote by Gene Shalit Download Open image “Her books were put down by most critics but readers would not put down her books.” — Gene Shalit ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books
“She had no ambition to write a good book, but was painfully anxious to write a book that the critics should say was good.” — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Love your material. Nothing frightens the inner critic more than the writer who loves her work. The writer who is enamored of her material… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
Doris Lessing really doesn't care what the critics say. In fact, she orders her publishers not to send her the reviews and gets cross… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
No one ever addresses the possibility that a writer might not like her book. — Emily Gould Copy Share Image
Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I would rarely open a volume that she had… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I've long come to the conclusion that when people say they can't put a book down, they don't mean they're interested in what's happening… — David Malouf Copy Share Image
. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
And although she was sometimes dissatisfied with herself, she felt unable to go beyond her own limitations. Books were safer. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
She could not read a book for fear of the feelings she might find in it. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Some films could only have been cast in one way: Screen tests were given and the losers got the parts. — Gene Shalit Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
