Books Quote by Max Frisch

“As an author, this is my integrity question: 'If horses could read, would they approve of what I write?”

— Joanne Verikios

Yet when the books have been read, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them

— Walter Farley

If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses…

— Jane Smiley

The horse is, like man, the most beautiful and the most miserable of creatures, only, in the case of man, it is vice or…

— Rosa Bonheur

A horse is simply a horse.

— Avicenna

Different horses have different personalities. They're just like people.

— Anson Mount

When you're writing your own fiction, you don't have to ride two horses.

— Elliott Colla

The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.

— Zara Phillips

There used to be one writer rather than a team of writers. It's the old line about a camel being a horse designed by…

— Nick Laird

The horse has such a docile nature, that he would always rather do right the wrong, if he can only be taught to distinguish…

— George W. Melville

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

— John Steinbeck

Horse racing is really much more intimidating than anything having to do with literature. When I had horses at the racetrack, I would wake…

— Jane Smiley