Books Quote by John McCain

Good God! This man should be writing dime novels.

— Josephus Daniels

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

— Benjamin Franklin

There is a Book worth all other books which were ever printed.

— Patrick Henry

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

— Benjamin Franklin

I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents.

— Henry David Thoreau

You have to remember that Shadow and Bone' was the first book I sold. And it was, in fact, the first book I ever…

— Leigh Bardugo

And for at least that moment, I wouldn't have traded the hundreds of books I've read for the few I know almost by heart.

— Helene Hanff

Most writers, most books, you have no idea whether it was a dollar or a million dollars.

— Chad Harbach

Penelope Fitzgerald's nine novels are thin enough that if you were so inclined, you could take her entire literary output down from the shelf…

— Ben Dolnick

If I wanted to make money I would have written another novel.

— James Ellroy

I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.

— Octavia E. Butler