Bars Quote by Mary Roach

The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's…

— Jonathan Stroud

Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant.

— Paul Auster

In some respects the better a book is, the less it demands from the binding.

— Charles Lamb

As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that.

— Donna Tartt

Each book requires a different look. Sometimes I get to take a personal direction that's appropriate for the story. I try to push things…

— Cliff Chiang

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress…

— Terry Brooks

The big advantage of a book is that it's very easy to rewind. Close it and you're right back at the beginning.

— Jerry Seinfeld

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin…

— Mercedes Lackey

Putting ideas into a book means I can help even more people by getting the book into everyone's hands.

— Hilaria Baldwin

A book is a better way to develop a complicated idea, or to tell a big story and to show how ideas weave in…

— Gretchen Rubin

A book is simply the container of an idea-like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.

— Angela Carter

The cover, thickness and knowledge in a book often has little value, the secret is to know when to turn the page.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich