Book Quote by Nick Hornby

“Brrr, who had never admired books particularly...didn't remember that a mere book might reek of sex, possibility, fecundity. Yet a book has a ripe…

— Gregory Maguire

A novel seemed the easiest way to get what I had had in my head into the inside of other people's heads. Books are…

— Neil Gaiman

I think the book you always like best is the one you're about to write.

— Margaret Atwood

I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a…

— Dorothy Fields

A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly.

— John Steinbeck

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural…

— William Ellery Channing

Sometimes the best books are the ones no-one has heard of and you have to dig deep to find

— Crystal D. Spears

As a reader, I have always enjoyed 'ranty' books, but they are all written by men.

— Claire Messud

'Lord of the Flies' is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager; I still read it…

— Suzanne Collins

I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've…

— Alexandra Fuller

Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea.

— Iris Murdoch

A book is a fragile creature. It suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands.

— Umberto Eco