Books Quote by Holly Black

“I have tried so to write the first chapter that those who can't bear such a story will see at once what they are…

— C.S. Lewis

“That's what he disliked about certain artists and writers. They interfered and pointed to everything as if you couldn't see it or read for…

— Frank McCourt

“If you don't like a book, you can close it. But you have no right to say I can't open it.”

— Coleen Murtagh Paratore

“Once a good book opens, it won't close until the end.”

— Abby Buter

“One of the best cures for a reluctant reader, after all, is a tale they cannot stop themselves from reading.”

— Neil Gaiman

“If you don’t like a book, lay it aside. It was not written for you.”

— Anonymous

“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don't…

— Jane Pek

“But this one was a writer, not a reader.”

— Anthony Burgess

“O, it ended in my having nothing to say, when I sat down to write. But sometimes, when I get hold of a book,…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“I stopped writing the book that I wanted to write, and wrote the one the book wanted to write.”

— Jim Lewis

“I wanted to read a book with a good ending so I wrote one.”

— Tom Stienstra

“I was seeing what a writer can do with the tatters of truth, the unfinished stories that give us no rest. ”

— Patricia O'Brien