Book Quote by Jesse Ball

I thought of the structure as musical. The first piece, for instance, contains the names/subject matter of every person to come in the book.…

— Hilton Als

I think what the book did in addition to its practical uses, is it gave us a more attentive way of thinking.

— Nicholas G. Carr

The book tells you everything you need to know. The book is the map of the world that you're in with the character.

— Gary Oldman

My imagination doesn't require anything more of the book than to provide a framework within which it can wander.

— Alphonse Daudet

a good book can make an almost impossible existence, liveable ( from 'the luck of the word' )

— Charles Bukowski

The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build.

— Thomas Keller

A book, like a person, has its fortunes with one; is lucky or unlucky in the precise moment of its falling in our way,…

— Walter Pater

Each book should be an entity unto itself, with its own structure, character, life, name.

— Edward Hirsch

“The book as a structure is the Trojan horse of art - it is not feared by average people. It is a familiar form…

— Walter Hamady

The book is an experience that allows you to witness your feelings without having to surrender to them, to succumb to them, or to…

— Michael Silverblatt

The book is first and foremost something I made for myself.

— Tim Ferriss

A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others…

— David Suzuki