Ask me Quote by George Bernard Shaw

It was an interesting thing to do. Why did I write any of my books, after all? For the sake of the pleasure, for…

— Vladimir Nabokov

I didn't want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it,…

— Bobby Orr

I never thought I'd be a person who would want to write books...I promise you not a single English teacher I've ever had would…

— Gary Vaynerchuk

If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive, to protect…

— Azar Nafisi

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

— Christopher Morley

Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space…

— Terry Pratchett

Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.

— Sharyn McCrumb

If writers were too wise, perhaps no books would get written at all. It might be better to ask yourself 'Why?”'afterwards than before There…

— Zora Neale Hurston

Why don't you write books people can read?

— Nora Joyce

I started writing books because I couldn't find the books I wanted to read on the shelf.

— Kameron Hurley

Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back…

— Jack Gantos

To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.

— Natalie Goldberg