Books Quote by Sjon

Every writer secretly hopes that what he or she has written will endure.

— Jonathan Coleman

Therefore, no matter how the world makes out in the next few centuries, a large class of readers at least will not be too…

— L. Sprague de Camp

I have let half-decades elapse between books because books have to be writte and writing is awful, but if you are the type of…

— David Rakoff

I think every writer wants future generations to read what he has written.

— Ruskin Bond

If God himself has waited six thousand years for someone to contemplate his works, my book can wait for a hundred.

— Johannes Kepler

What's interesting about books that take place in the future, even twenty years in the future, is that many of them are black or…

— Albert Brooks

I want to write books that can be read a hundred years from now, and readers wouldn't be bogged down by irrelevant details.

— Jonathan Lethem

As long as the centuries continue to unfold, the number of books will grow continually, and one can predict that a time will come…

— Denis Diderot

Those who say they would write a book if only they had time will never become authors.

— Catherine Cookson

I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history

— Muhammad Ali

Scholars look for final truths they will never find. Creative writers concern themselves with possibilities that are always there to the receptive.

— Richard Hugo

“Not everyone was thrilled with Gutenberg’s creation. As today, there were pessimists and scolds who viewed new technology as a blight on civilization. In…

— William Powers