Books Quote by Tom Robbins

I think it's hard to write a book about happiness because fiction requires tension and complication.

— Edwidge Danticat

“Writing is enormously satisfying, a little difficult at times, but rewarding, especially when someone really loves the book - that is the ultimate joy.”

— A.H. Richardson

“Happiness is not a popular subject in literary fiction. We struggle, as writers, to make happiness, contentment, and satisfaction interesting. Perfection often lacks texture.”

— Roxanne Gay

“Every so often, a novel comes along to remind us that what we hope is true, is true: that understanding is stronger than what…

— Gary Schmidt

“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not…

— Victoria Connelly

“In fact, ladies and gentlemen, I have never read any good book that was not related intimately to at least a score of other…

— Maurice Francis Egan

“Altogether, I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn’t shake us awake…

— Franz Kafka

“Happiness is.. reading a novel with your Bestie.”

— Vikrmn

“It takes a special courage to challenge the rigid confines of our accustomed story. It’s not easy to radically alter our views about where…

— Sharon Salzberg

“The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that makes us suffer like the death of someone…

— Franz Kafka

I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,…

— Anna Quindlen

“We are what we love to read, and when we admit to loving a book, we admit that the book represents some aspect of…

— Nina Sankovitch