Book Quote by Richard Scarry

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when…

— Richard Scarry

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing

— Anne Tyler

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

— Beverly Cleary

Write the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf.

— Maggie Stiefvater

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

— Robert Crais

I started writing books because I couldn't find the books I wanted to read on the shelf.

— Kameron Hurley

I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it.”

— Beverly Cleary

I like a book to be full of the memory of what it is, a voice in an endless conversation, and yet at the…

— Marilynne Robinson

I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.

— Garth Stein

I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something…

— John M. Ford

I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand.

— Cindy Sherman