Books Quote by James Joyce

“You have to read a book at the right time for you, and I am sure this cannot be insisted on too often, for…

— Doris Lessing

“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is living and…

— Henry Miller

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The greatest tribute one can give to a writer is that it is simply enough to read him.”

— Isaac Goldberg

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

— Nick Hornby

A writer turns his life into material, and if you’re in his life, he uses yours, too.

— Walter Kirn

The literary man has a circle of the chosen few who read him and become his only public. . . . What more natural…

— Amado Nervo

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

— Jeffery Deaver

“Reading novels needs almost as much talent as writing them,' he used to say.”

— Anthony Powell

“I Respect A Man Who Reads More Books Than I Do In A Day.”

— Godfrey Orateng

The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do…

— Nathalie Sarraute

“Some kinds of literature demand to be treated respectfully. The obligation is on the reader to live up to them and not so much…

— Phyllis Rose