Books Quote by Hallgrimur Helgason

Thanks to the Jolabokaflod, books still matter in Iceland; they get read and talked about. Excitement fills the air. Every reading is crowded; every…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

I'm not at all snobby about book prizes and how they pollute the world of literature. Just like with the Olympics, a little bit…

— Emma Donoghue

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy…

— Walter Benjamin

Writers are stewards of the culture. Publishers, librarians, bookstore owners. We're all in this together. To write books that are gripping, important, that people…

— Scott Spencer

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite…

— Irvine Welsh

Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers wrote a book and sent…

— Michael Scott

Thanks to social media like Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads, I can easily reach out to so many people. Being a writer gives me the…

— Lori Foster

The most reward experience is having another writer come up to you and say that they started writing because they read my books. That…

— Michael Scott

Most writers are lazy intellectuals, and it's a goddamn shame because a writer with an audience has a moral responsibility to make readers think…

— Kevin Keck

There are different reasons why people write: for themselves, or for other writers, or to get prizes, or keeping an audience in mind. In…

— Sarnath Banerjee

On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many…

— Paul Muldoon

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day