Books Quote by Montel Vontavious Porter

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was 'The Count of Monte Cristo.'

— Scott Turow

“As Capp would remember, his paternal grandfather’s early years in the store were characterized by success and expansion—until, that is, he discovered the works…

— Denis Kitchen

That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

It would have been impossible for me to have told anyone what I derived from these novels, for it was nothing less than a…

— Richard Wright

We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not…

— Walter Salles

I think what the book did in addition to its practical uses, is it gave us a more attentive way of thinking.

— Nicholas G. Carr

The book is an experience that allows you to witness your feelings without having to surrender to them, to succumb to them, or to…

— Michael Silverblatt

“So I have 8 to 10 screenplays written and unproduced. And frankly, some of them are my favorite stories. I have a Western version…

— Guillermo del Toro

I think 'The Musketeers' is probably the Dumas novel people are most familiar with, or if not that, it's 'The Count Of Monte Cristo'.…

— Tom Burke

A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.

— Richard Flanagan

Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.

— Richard Cecil

Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it.…

— V. S. Naipaul