Books Quote by Jeff Abbott

In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise,…

— Beau Willimon

When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.

— Sherman Alexie

If we're trying to excite young people about reading, we need to be experiencingbookjoy ourselves so that we have references to make. It's important…

— Pat Mora

I'm very happy for whatever plaudits might come the way of my work, but I never ever sit down to write x with y…

— Will Self

Generally my favorite remarks always come from my readers. I've had people say my books made them laugh, or cry, or that it frightened…

— Patrick Rothfuss

When I find the character, I try to spend time with them and get to know them very well. Therefore my notes are not…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I choose such notes that love one another.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.

— Mark Leyner

I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards.

— Roman Abramovich

Sometimes a couple notes are worth a thousand words.

— Paul Gilbert

A text may be superbly written, exquisitely subtle, deeply meaningful, but still seem like a luxury extra, something we add to the already well-stocked…

— Michel Faber

“The greatest compliments I’ve ever received were complaints from readers that I made them stay up all night reading.”

— H.E. Fairbanks