Books Quote by William Gibson

There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list.

— Umberto Eco

I started writing books because I couldn't find the books I wanted to read on the shelf.

— Kameron Hurley

“I love lists. Always have. when I was 14, I wrote down every dirty word I knew on file cards and placed them in…

— Adam Savage

I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a…

— Alan Davies

I'd much prefer my books to shoes...In the summer I sometimes take walks without shoes but never without a novel.

— Nathan Englander

“A good book will keep you fascinate for days, a good book shop your whole life!”

— Waterstones

I fall for all those lists of 100 books you must read, and go out and buy most of them.

— Prue Leith

You ever buy a book and not read it? You feel almost guilty having it up on a bookshelf. People are like, "Hey, how's…

— Jim Gaffigan

The reason I start a novel is because there's something that excites me and I want to explore it.

— Ned Beauman

Originally I was going to write a fashion style guide, but then my publishers suggested I write a novel instead.

— Tinsley Mortimer

I'm an inveterate bookstore wanderer. I read constantly, so I love a good bookstore. I can't help it.

— David Crosby

Sometimes when I pick up a book off the shelf, when I'm buying a new book to read, I'll look at all of them…

— Jennifer Carpenter