Good book Quote by James A. Owen

“But I’ve developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by…

— Marilynne Robinson

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities and expectations…

— Nora Roberts

“His talent was to express his readers’ most stupid and ignorant prejudices as if they made sense, so that the shameful seemed respectable. That…

— Ken Follett

“Our reputations weren't who we really were, they were who people told us we were. Some of us fell into that trap, while others…

— Nicole Williams

“A person is what he says and does; that's how you learn whether his reputation was earned or manufactured.”

— Orson Scott Card

“As the reputation of books is raised not by their freedom from defect, but the greatness of their beauties, so should that of men…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“I don't usually read popular books. Because I know how powerful promotion can be. Most of the time, the great books are hidden from…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he wrote simply…

— Andrew James Pritchard

“Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true.”

— Sara Sheridan

“I judge the quality of my work by the quality of the people that follow it. If my readers are the most amazing people…

— Robin Sacredfire

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something…

— J. B. Priestley