Book Quote by John Steinbeck

The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of the writer. This is completely understood…

— John Steinbeck

Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.

— Anonymous

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

— Alan Bennett

In my experience, a novel is the culmination of various thoughts and impressions collected over time, until something comes along to give them a…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

A book exists at the intersection of the author's subconscious and the reader's response.

— William Gibson

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

— Christopher Morley

A book is a machine to think with.

— Anonymous

The ideas for my books come about in two ways. There can be an intellectual idea that seems to be the reason for writing…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.

— Geraldine Brooks

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.

— Ernest Dimnet

“To write a book is to suspend the present and create a new reality.”

— Susan Dudics-Dean aka Suzanne Quill

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you…

— Chris Van Allsburg