Books Quote by Linda Hilton

“Authors do not own books, readers do”

— John Green

The trouble is when people read about authors, they don't feel compelled to read the authors' work.

— Donna Tartt

I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense when they're…

— Robert Cormier

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

— My mother

“People can’t read a book if they don’t know it exists. All authors need to do marketing, regardless of how they published.”

— Jo Linsdell

“It takes a great reader to make a great book. (Creative Self-Publishing)”

— Orna Ross

“I am more optimistic, both about reading and about books. There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers – there always were. Reading…

— Julian Barnes

“Being self-published makes me no less "published" than the authors who are with publishing companies.”

— Adrienne Thompson

“There's a very thin line that separates readers and writers. You make a leap over that line when there’s a book you want to…

— Alice Hoffman

“I read all kinds of novels, as long as they’re good. I get a bit piqued when people say, 'I don’t really like that…

— Gillian Flynn

“Those who say they hate reading are those who haven't found the right book.”

— Ryan J. Alls

Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood,

— Carl F. H. Henry