Books Quote by Jean Chapman Download Open image ““All books are escapism. They are life with the boring bits cut out.”” — Jean Chapman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Life Reading
“If fiction and fantasy books are escapism, then let an author write them so as to better equip the reader to face reality by… — Brett Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Escapism isn't good or bad of itself. What is important is what you are escaping from and where you are escaping to. I write… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I write thrillers for the same reason that people read them – it's escapism.” — Ken McClure Copy Share Image
“I admit I'm an escapist when it comes to books. I become drunk on story, on words, as a buffer against reality.' . .… — Joanna Davidson Politano Copy Share Image
“was boring to think of books as something you should read just because others had, and” — Katarina Bivald Copy Share Image
“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not… — Victoria Connelly Copy Share Image
“I can not imagine a world without books. My world will not be complete with the love for books.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.” — Victoria Hislop Copy Share Image
“When the Romantic Novelists' Association was founded 35 years ago (in 1960) the image was of pink fluffy bimbos. Now, the view of life… — Jean Chapman Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
