Books Quote by Zadie Smith

“As the reputation of books is raised not by their freedom from defect, but the greatness of their beauties, so should that of men…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“He was having an odd paternal rush, a blood surge that was also about blood and was presently hunting through Howard's expansive intelligence to…

— Zadie Smith

“I used to know Brian Howard well -- a dazzling young man to my innocent eyes. In later life he became very dangerous --…

— Evelyn Waugh

“Despite his money and his looks and all the good-on-paper attributes he possessed, he was not a reader, and, well, let's just say that…

— Eleanor Brown

“You know what a publisher is? He’s a failed writer whose father was rich enough that he’s able to appropriate other people’s talents.”

— Joël Dicker

“How can he talk like that?" thought Pierre. He considered his friend a model of perfection because Prince Andrew possessed in the highest degree…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Some of us got our reputations because we wrote good books or had clever publicists. He got his reputation through sheer hard work.”

— James A. Owen

“You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one.”

— Jayce O'Neal

“And yet I wasn't sure what his weakness was. We all do that as we get to know someone. Like a tabloid editor, we…

— Wayne Elise

“One must not put trust in novelists, Beth; they create worlds to fit their own needs and drive their characters mad in doing it.”

— Mary Robinette Kowal

“Haven’t you learned you should never judge a book by its cover? There is a lot of assumptions you’ve made based on appearance.”

— S.J.D. Peterson

“They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were…

— Jane Austen