Attention Quote by Rene Redzepi

There weren't too many books featuring other cultures and countries when I was growing up as an immigrant kid here in the States.

— Mitali Perkins

That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag…

— Robert McCloskey

It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think.

— Robert McCloskey

The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me…

— Bill Bryson

The book tour has been really interesting and very gratifying. I have not book toured before. I've never had quite as much pleasure, as…

— Leonard Nimoy

Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.

— Richard Russo

I have always thought, the secret purpose of the book tour is to make the writer hate the book he's written. And, as a…

— Salman Rushdie

No one really knows the value of book tours. Whether or not they're good ideas, or if they improve book sales. I happen to…

— Rosecrans Baldwin

A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly…

— Ian Frazier

My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas morning to find Roald Dahl's 'Charlie…

— Sophie Kinsella

Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play…

— Anne Lamott

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.…

— Benjamin Franklin