Book Quote by Mat Johnson Download Open image “My weak suit is whatever each reader hates about each book.” — Mat Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Hate Reader Suits Weak
The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place. — Macaulay Culkin Copy Share Image
I rather envy writers who do variations on a theme. I like reading those books, but in practice, I can't do it. — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“—I really prefer books. No matter how bad a book is, it's unique, but people are all so ordinary. —I think we really like… — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
I see my books as a body of work, in my opinion, of singular importance and deeply disrespected in a way that is savagely… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Every reader is different. There's no book that's inappropriate for every person, but there are people who cannot handle everything. — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
I tell myself it does not matter what one reads-favorite authors, particular themes-as long as we read something. It is not even important to… — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The Antarctic gives the impression of being white, but really it's blue. Almost entirely constructed of that pale, powder blue that at times can… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“You've got to admit, slick, you got a skill for avoiding the devil." "That just means that now the devils out there, looking for… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
Long-haul trucking. Just roaming the country, alone, with audiobooks and podcasts, sleeping in the back of the cab, showering at gas stations at 4… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“That is how they stay so white: by refusing to accept blemish or history. Whiteness isn't about being something, it is about being no… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one. — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“There are two types of lazy bosses. One is so lazy that they make you do not only your own work but theirs too.… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
My strong suit is that I've been willing to risk on the page to get somewhere interesting. — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“In this age when reality is built on big lies, what better place for truth than fiction?” — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“The people, they need someone to live through. Trust me, I used to be in roller derby back in the day. People need a… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom. — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“In the ghetto there is a mansion, and it is my father's house... Its expansive lawn is utterly useless, wild like it smokes its… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
“I have always loved quitting jobs. Whether because the job itself was repugnant or the people working at it with me, I have always… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
