Books Quote by Kenneth McLeish

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you don’t like a book, lay it aside. It was not written for you.”

— Anonymous

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don't…

— Jane Pek

“I hate anything superficial. But I will take the book and look at it, and tell you what I think of the writing.”

— Anthony Powell

“Sometimes there is no chemistry between writer and reader, so - give up. Not all books are meant to be read.”

— My mother

“I scanned the criticisms of recent books to see if there were any that resembled mine. I resented them all; it seemed to me…

— Daphne du Maurier

“The ugly fact is books are made out of books, the novel depends for its life on the novels that have been written.”

— Cormac McCarthy

“There is no such thing as a bad book, I just like some books more than others…”

— Chris Geiger

“I might also say, regarding reviews and reviewers, that I have yet to read a review of any of my own books which I…

— Edward Abbey

“When one has read a book, I think there is nothing so nice as discussing it with some one else - even though it…

— C.S. Lewis

“No book worth reading ever fails to be steeped with the spirit of the person who wrote it.”

— Paul Leicester Ford