Books Quote by Sinclair Lewis

“You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance…

— William Goldman

“As always with the greatest works, the novel is so many-sided that over time it mirrors back the shifting concerns of those who read…

— Carl F. Hovde

A classic is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps those circumstances alive.

— Alfred Kazin

“Not every classic book was the best thing ever. Each book has flaws, and it’s up to writers to change things.”

— Tim Holtorf

“A classic is read not to enjoy but only to be boast about it.”

— Aman Jassal

“I feel there's nothing like a good classic book, except possibly its movie version.”

— George Kohlman

“Perhaps I have a strange affinity for old books.”

— Renee Ahdieh

“Every new book we read in our brief and busy lives means that a classic is left unread.”

— B.R. Myers

“As far as I can tell, a young adult novel is a regular novel that people actually read.”

— Stephen Colbert

“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.”

— Samuel Butler

“Once you read a classic, you will start loving even the smell of the books.”

— Aman Jassal

“Something he must read, when he was not riding the pony, or running and hunting, or listening to the talk of men... it had…

— George Eliot