Accounts Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

“Now and then I am asked as to "what books a statesman should read," and my answer is, poetry and novels—including short stories under…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read,’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short…

— Theodore Roosevelt

As far as reading is concerned, I like historical and political books and works of art.

— Naveen Patnaik

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

— Russell Lynes

Good books are for consideration after, too.

— Stephen King

As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may.

— Walter Savage Landor

I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject's books. But choosing a subject is tough.

— Blake Bailey

I like all of the books I work on to be ones you can pick up without knowing the entire history of the character,…

— Kate Leth

For character, to prepare for the inevitable I recommend selections from [Ralph Waldo] Emerson. His writings have done for me far more than all…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

I've always been a person that thinks nonfiction is more interesting than fiction, I love to read presidential biographies.

— Martha MacCallum

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too…

— Walter Savage Landor