Books Quote by George Gissing

“Books are not lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on shelves!”

— Gilbert Highet

“What's happiness for a reader? Be pleasantly surprised by a book from which he expected nothing.”

— Gabrielle Dubois

“Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out!”

— Carmen DeSousa

“But see, publishers don’t actually know what readers want. They know what distributors want. Joe and Jane Smith? No clue. Barnes & Noble? Wal-Mart?…

— Sean Platt

“Books are not life, however much we may wish they were”

— Julian Barnes

“Books took away the pain and disappointment, they always did. Books closed bad doors and opened good ones.”

— Anonymous

“Sell a million books - Very nice... Release a best seller - Amazing... Your book just makes one person smile, laugh or happy -…

— Jimmy Perrin

“Readers have some peculiar notions about the status of writers, the most foolish of which is that writers are treated like royalty by their…

— Reed Farrel Coleman

“If you enjoy reading my books as much as I enjoy writing them, then I am happy. Its got nothing to do with the…

— Peter Rimmer

“These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on shelves.”

— Gilbert Highet

“You can't buy happiness but you can buy books and that's kind of the same thing”

— Tumbler

“Words cannot do justice to the pleasures of a good bookshop. Ironically.”

— Unsure of origin