Book Quote by Geoff Dyer

What I'm really interested in, as a reader and as a writer, is the idea of the nonfiction book that is not defined by…

— Geoff Dyer

I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels.

— Michael Korda

People always ask what a book is about, as if it has to be about something. I don't want to write books that lend…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“Books about books are a rare species, special tomes for writers and book lovers. More than an affirmation of taste, a book about books…

— Tom Cardamone

I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things as well.

— Saoirse Ronan

I like getting under the skin of the protagonists of every book I read, it makes the whole story so much more personal.

— Shweta Bachchan Nanda

I like all of the books I work on to be ones you can pick up without knowing the entire history of the character,…

— Kate Leth

I love novels where not much 'happens' but where the interest is in the ideas and analyses of characters.

— Alain de Botton

I'm all about nonfiction. I rarely read fiction. I like to read about things that really happened, facts, real life situations. That's what inspires…

— Phil Keoghan

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story…

— Elizabeth Scott

I do like books to be quite an intense experience, and that's the kind of novel I respond to as a reader.

— Jed Mercurio

Listen, I wrote 10 unsuccessful books before I broke through, so I'm looking all the time to keep my books fascinating. I want to…

— Ken Follett