Book Quote by James Tate

Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.

— Mary Roach

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have…

— Rumer Godden

“Very well, but I have tried to be a generous narrator and care for my girl as best I can. I cannot help that…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Nora, I believe life’s like a good book. Time makes up the pages that will be your story. Every time your life changes, you…

— Elizabeth Isaacs

I've never been one of those people, who subscribe to this notion that the book is dead.

— George Brandis

For a dyed-in-the-wool author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written ... she is rather like a cat whose kittens…

— Rumer Godden

And as a writer now, I want to save Linda's life. Not her body--her life.

— Tim O'Brien

I wanted my book to be a guide for everyone who has been told 'no' in their life.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

“Remember that we must all die: all these personal relations we try to live by are temporary. I used to feel death selected people,…

— E.M. Forster

For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.

— Rumer Godden

“Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean/ they show us…

— Anne Lamott