Book Quote by Nancy Pearl

What I really mean is that a great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several…

— William Styron

“Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world that it is…

— Atwood H. Townsend

That's what people expect: They don't want to read a slight novel. People don't want to waste their time on anything less than 'great.'

— Jenny Zhang

“What's the point of a book you don't enjoy?”

— Jessica Spotswood

I'd much rather have a book that a few people love intensely than a book that a lot of people like okay.

— Mac Barnett

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher…

— Jackie Collins

Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination. If a…

— Anonymous

The way I feel about every book is this: you don't finish it, you abandon it. All of my books have in some sense…

— Russell Banks

The book is finished by the reader. A good novel should invite the reader in and let the reader participate in the creative experience…

— Alan Lightman

I think that every book that's in a bookstore should entertain in some way.

— Nick Hornby

America is full of readers of all different sorts who love books in many different ways, and I keep meeting them. And I think…

— A. S. Byatt

Each book needs a good beginning and a good ending. People get pissed off when you don't close things off properly at the end.

— Patrick Rothfuss