Anything Quote by Michael Dirda

I think that, for me, the great books like that, autobiographies, are great when the artists who write them throw caution to the wind…

— Eddie Trunk

Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.

— Gary Wolf

Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.

— Barry Eisler

Books are the true means of acquiring talent. If one does not read one remains ignorant, and ignorance can never produce true painters.

— Francesco Albani

I have a strong opinion that a genuine love of books is one of the greatest blessings of life for man and woman.

— Sara Coleridge

“Last month I was banging on about how books were better than anything—-how just about any decent book you picked would beat up anything…

— Nick Hornby

Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

— Augustine Birrell

His books are exciting and powerful and — if I may filch the word from the booksy ones — pulsing.

— Dorothy Parker

Songs are more powerful than books.

— Elvis Costello

Like books, artists have their fates.

— Norbert Lynton

“Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a very small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“He who doesn't see the essence of books shall surely be ruled by those who find and value the real essence of books.”

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah