Book Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least.

— Frank Moore Colby

A man will be known by his books.

— William Martin

A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.

— Mo Yan

“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear…

— Edward P. Morgan

Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.

— William Ellery Channing

Books are the building blocks of civilization, for without the written word, a man knows nothing beyond what occurs during his own brief years…

— Louis L'Amour

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until…

— Ezra Pound

“Writing books can be a tricky business when you have no fucking idea what you’re doing.”

— Nathan Rabin

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

— Malcolm X

“Just like so many things in life, the secret to writing a book is just sticking with it. Put in the time and eventually…

— Jeffrey Littorno

You can't expect that, after a poor fellow has written a book, he should also understand it.

— Giovannino Guareschi

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading.

— Anonymous