Book Quote by W. G. Sebald

The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

— Markus Zusak

“A book may be regarded as irrelevant until it's relevance, importance and purpose is discovered through reading”

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Dealing with all the questions once the book is out and unchangeable, forces you to permanently give opinions about - in this case -…

— Sasa Stanisic

I really don't think we should dismiss a book because we feel messed about intellectually. Or emotionally. That's the writer's job!

— Hilton Als

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf

— Laura Hillenbrand

“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear…

— Edward P. Morgan

I continually get more information about a subject after the book has been published.

— Claire Tomalin

Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence.

— Umberto Eco

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

— Paulo Coelho

A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.

— Louis L'Amour

But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to it.

— George MacDonald

A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.

— William Safire