Academy Quote by Maryrose Wood

“If every book was judged by its cover, very few would be read; education would be limited, and fewer movies would be made.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

Don't judge a book by it's cover, read it first!

— Lana Scrabeck

Some of those who claim to believe the bible from cover to cover have not yet read it from cover to cover.

— Jamsta E Ngugz

We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between…

— Axl Rose

“It was impossible to feel alone in a room full of favorite books. I had the sense that they knew me personally, that they'd…

— Riley Redgate

A lot of people have read the Mira Grant books who are not urban fantasy readers, and they would never have picked up a…

— Seanan McGuire

As a book is judged by its cover, so a fad is judged by its name.

— Ken Hakuta

“How good a book is should be judged by the man who writes it by the excellence of the material that he eliminates.”

— Ernest Hemingway

I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.

— Umberto Eco

A book is judged, not by its reference to life, but by its reference to other books.

— Stephen Fry

A book may only be judged for what it is, not what you'd like it to be.

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

Beauty is like a book, it cannot be judged by its cover!

— Anonymous

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike - and I don't think there really is a distinction between the…

— Harold Bloom

Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean…

— Gary Shteyngart

Professionally speaking, the proudest moment was when I booked the 'Human Stain.' I knew it had Nicole Kidman, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris and Gary…

— Wentworth Miller