Books Quote by Howard Nemerov

There's this idea that if you want to write, you shouldn't study literature because then you're dissecting what you love, and you should keep…

— Elif Batuman

I have this deep love for authors. I think that we don't do enough to encourage love of words and love of books.

— Ruby Dee

I did not begin writing for love of literature. I did so for love of science.

— Liu Cixin

I love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Much that is great in literature is an acquired taste, and you have to acquire it in the first place. Our job as parents…

— Michael Morpurgo

You need to cultivate love for books, it doesn't come to everyone naturally.

— Lara Dutta

There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or even necessarily…

— Lynn Coady

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial…

— B. F. Skinner

Literature matters so much to me I can hardly stand it.

— David Shields

“Literature is a love that won’t let you down or show its true colors after some time goes by. You know what it’s about…

— Jason E. Hodges

I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that.

— Laura Marling

I love and care about literature, and great writers are our teachers. You're studying their mind when you read their work.

— Natalie Goldberg