Books Quote by Margaret Drabble

Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them.

— Vladimir Nabokov

“When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the meaning has to go find an author again. - The Trouble…

— William Stafford

“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read,…

— Samuel Johnson

“They write for people who read with the surface of their minds, people with reading habits that make the smallest demands on them, people…

— William Gaddis

“I might love my e-reader, but I'd never pass up the chance to browse real books.”

— Nichole Chase

“... writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not…

— Anne Lamott

“Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave…

— Hal Zina Bennett

“Reading is a way of disciplining our minds, and it is also one of the most efficient means of mental escape.”

— Andrew Piper

“Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything. And better still to be alone with one's books.”

— Paulo Coelho

“One of the best cures for a reluctant reader, after all, is a tale they cannot stop themselves from reading.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Readers are of two sorts: one who goes carefully through a book, and the other who as carefully lets the book go through him. ”

— Douglas Jerrold

“It’s always encouraging to be told that it is intellectually acceptable to read the sorts of things that you like to read anyway.”

— Margaret Atwood