Book Quote by Jim Shepard

Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get…

— Gabrielle Zevin

Good blurbs are short, sweet, and limited to six. They answer the question “Why should I buy this book?

— Guy Kawasaki

I blurbed a nice book, not at all like my book 'The Big Oyster,' called 'The Essential Oyster.' I blurbed a pretty good book…

— Mark Kurlansky

The requests for blurbs seem to come in waves. I'm not sure what precipitates them. I think it must be excruciating for editors to…

— Miriam Toews

I come up with a blurb at the beginning, but the book will always be completely different by the time it's finished. They say,…

— Irvine Welsh

“There are certain authors out there whose books I'll read no matter what they're about. More often than not I don't even need to…

— Shawn Kirsten Maravel

I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do…

— Kate DiCamillo

“A lot of people assume you can think better with a slow diet of books, but that will not be the case for every…

— Tony Reinke

“There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those,…

— Doris Lessing

“Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world that it is…

— Atwood H. Townsend

“You don't spend your life hanging around books without learning a thing or two.”

— Lemony Snicket

“You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better…

— John Waters