Book Quote by Matthew Stover

“It is common to assume that we are dealing with a highly intelligent book when we cease to understand it.”

— Alain de Botton

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If I could do this book properly it would be one of the really fine books and a truly American book. But I am…

— John Steinbeck

“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”

— John P. Marquand

“In any case, it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to answer rather…

— Milan Kundera

“Originality, not Intelligence, is the sign of a brilliant Author. All the Education in the world won't help someone who can't think for themselves.”

— A.M. Sawyer

“Once you’ve written a book, it belongs to everyone, and they are all allowed to have opinions, and the spectrum of opinions is the…

— Neil Gaiman

“Anyone who has read a lot can tell you that the best ideas you take from a certain book often have nothing to do…

— Mark Manson

“Most authors would be the first to admit the best of their writing is beyond even them. It comes from someplace outside the conscious…

— K.M. Weiland

“But I’ve developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by…

— Marilynne Robinson

“If we're genuinely interested in a book we can even bring ourselves to be greatful when others draw our attention to things we've missed…

— Ian Watt

“Every reader his [or her] book.”

— S. R. Ranganathan