Book Quote by Mary MacLane

Books are like my one and only joy.

— John Lydon

To be quite honest, the joyful relief of the publication of my book was short-lived.

— Amanda Knox

I never enjoyed writing a book more; indeed, it is the only one I remember in no sense as a labor but as a…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable.

— Amy Tan

My love of books was all that saved me.

— Anonymous

Books were my passion and my escape from madness.

— Dorothea Benton Frank

The joy for me as a writer is that, despite the fact I spend most of my life on my own in a room…

— Abi Morgan

I had never known the pleasure of reading, of exploring the recesses of the soul, of letting myself be carried away by imagination, beauty,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that…

— Laini Taylor

“Writing is enormously satisfying, a little difficult at times, but rewarding, especially when someone really loves the book - that is the ultimate joy.”

— A.H. Richardson

My main disappointment was always that a book had to end. And then what? But I don't think I was ever disappointed by the…

— Eudora Welty

When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.

— Margaret Walker