Book-lovers Quote by Joanna Davidson Politano

“All books are escapism. They are life with the boring bits cut out.”

— Jean Chapman

“And yes, the Hemingways, the Fitzgeralds, the Faulkners and the Capotes. Drank while writing. Drink next to the typewriter. But the longer I lived…

— Jeanne Darst

“If I was an author I'd be worried, as I'm a story teller I'll just get drunk and make it up as i go…

— Glenn Scrimshaw

“From that time forward it has been hard for me not to think of literature as created primarily to give writers the drinks they…

— Caroline Rody

“Never read books you aren't sure about . . . even supposing that these bad books are very well written from a literary point…

— Saint John Don Bosco

“As the sweaty, alcohol fuming bodies press in on me from all directions I decide that my ideal of a good time is reading…

— Rita Stradling

“It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly. A past life of drinking heavily, fighting and whoring all help to…

— Ken Scott

“He used books the same way he used alcohol: to pretend that he was not here, and if he was here, that he was…

— Joe Queenan

“I read a lot. I love books. If they came in a bottle, I'd be a drunk too.”

— Alyxandra Harvey

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then…

— Stephen Vizinczey

“Reading a book is like having the ability to dip a straw into the author’s soul and sip and slurp without lowering the water…

— Jarod Kintz

“Great books can be ruined by bad writers.”

— Travis Simmons