Book Quotes

"I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal"

Brad Thor, Novelist

"The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan"

Jared Diamond, Author

"These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important"

Brian P. Cleary, Author

"My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts"

Jack Prelutsky, Poet

"In my book I don't just demonstrate that free enterprise is the most efficient way of organizing an economy - which it is. I also show that it's an expression of American values, and, thus, that a fight for free enterprise is very much a fight for our culture"

Arthur C. Brooks, Author

"As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like books about Baseball Joe, as one baseball hero was called"

Robert Jay Lifton, Psychologist

"The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many, many more. Teenagers, especially, seem to like to act out vampire fantasies"

James Patterson, Author

"A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together"

Norman Cousins, Author

"Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that it's a better something"

Moon Unit Zappa, Musician

"What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book was all commentary and that he wanted hard news"

Sydney Schanberg, Journalist

"Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one"

Jonathan Carroll, Author

"Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October"

John Leonard, Poet

"As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books"

Jeff Miller, Politician

"I wouldn't write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me"

John Kluge, Businessman

"I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score"

Rocco DiSpirito, Celebrity

"Flavor Five is a book with recipes using five ingredients to possibly be cooked in just five minutes. It will be very user-friendly for the home cook on the run"

Rocco DiSpirito, Celebrity

"I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did"

Jimmy Carl Black, Musician

"I can now focus on a huge audience through TV, books, cookware and foods"

Rocco DiSpirito, Celebrity

"I'm more of a visual person, but I think that reading's extremely important. But I'm very easily distracted. It takes certain books to really grab you in"

Jason Marsden, Actor

"The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies"

Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman

"There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55"

Robert Cormier, Author

"Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind"

Nicholas Sparks, Author

"Comic books were just the means for me to tell the story"

Michael Chabon, Author

"Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too"

Kevin J. Anderson, Author

"In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather"

Kevin J. Anderson, Author

"I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a book coming out when it's supposed to"

Kevin J. Anderson, Author

"Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that"

Kevin J. Anderson, Author

"Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index"

Julie Burchill, Journalist

"I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure air of the mountains - so simple, so true, if once understood"

Max Muller, Educator

"There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot"

Jonathan Carroll, Author

"It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt"

Vincent D'Onofrio, Actor

"I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that"

Jim Harrison, Writer

"I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that"

Brad Thor, Novelist

"I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?"

Patty Duke, Actress

"I don't want to wait more than a year and a half or two years between books"

Max Cannon, Artist

"I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in"

Dustin Hoffman, Actor

"But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons"

Jonathan Coe, Novelist

"I just want the fans of the book to be happy. I don't necessarily care about anyone else"

Kristen Stewart, Actress

"The book, you understand, was not written for publication. It was the portrayal of my emotions, the analysis of my own soul life during three months of my nineteenth year. I wrote then all the time, just as I do now, but, though the book is in diary form, it is not a diary"

Mary MacLane, Writer

"I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows"

Marlo Thomas, Actress

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