Books Quote by Robert Taylor

Next, in importance to books are their titles.

— Frank Crane

“Books require titles; reading them doesn't”

— Alan Moore

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

— Henry David Thoreau

I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents…

— Elizabeth Berg

I have a hard time recalling the titles of books.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

“The title of the work, its place in the collective library, the nature of the person who tells us about it, the atmosphere established…

— Pierre Bayard

“It doesn't matter how a novel was printed. What matters are the words in between the pages.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me.

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“The cover, title, the name of the author, how the work starts, the name of characters all this is important information which should be…

— Deyth Banger

All my books have been titled based on a piece of the prose from inside the book.

— Donald Miller

“I generally give the title-page a fair chance," Roger said. "Once can't always judge books merely by the cover.”

— Charles Williams

“Authors only write what their characters tell them. Which mean we are scribes, and the characters are the author.”

— Anna-Cosette