Books Quote by John Green

“The authors whose books get published - once accepted as a reclusive breed - are now vetted by publicists to make sure they're talk-show…

— Susan Cain

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an author; some…

— Martin Luther

I enjoy the writings of all of these authors and they have been very inspirational for me. But I think that it is important…

— Frederick Lenz

There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If I had to write a book, I could not find anything in the world worth saying - as is indeed the case with…

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself…

— Voltaire

All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and…

— Norman MacCaig

I've noticed that, with many of the authors I like, I tend to think I would dislike them as human beings or that there'd…

— Laura Marling

I firmly believe as an author you have to go out in life and hear the stories of people. In pubs in the UK…

— Charles Todd

“Many accepted authors simply do not exist for me. Their names are engraved on empty graves, their books are dummies, they are complete nonentities…

— Vladimir Nabokov

I ran through the manuscript in the space of a day, much as one might pick compulsively at a box of chocolates. It was…

— Baruch Halpern

I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors.

— Elena Ferrante