Books Quote by Michael Kroft

“Talking about ideas for a novel is a bit like showing pictures of the ultrasound if you're pregnant. Until they're out in the world,…

— Clare Boylan

“It's too bad for us 'literary' enthusiast, but it's the truth nevertheless — pictures tell any story more effectively than words.”

— William Moulton Marston

“If I’m going to write a book every American will want to read, it’s got to have lots of pictures. Those pictures must also…

— Jarod Kintz

“For where books, for instance, always offer a thousand times more than they are, television offers exactly what it is, its essential immediacy, its…

— Jean-Philippe Toussaint

“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

If my books appear to a reader to be oversimplified, then you shouldn't read them: You're not the audience!

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Great books can be ruined by bad writers.”

— Travis Simmons

I often lament that new picture books don't get read because the classics hold up so well. It's a ridiculous complaint because, um, the…

— Rebecca Serle

“Nowadays, people read too many books to appreciate any.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Novels should reflect reality to some extent, otherwise they risk being sentimental.”

— Marc Levy

“And it’s great to have all these readers and fans who, for the most part, are very nice people, saying they love the books…

— George R.R. Martin

“Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader’s senses”

— Steve Aylett