Book Quotes

As I was reading the book [Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries] I kept thinking, "Sweetie, you are dancing as fast as you can!"

Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that's going towards the book.

Nothing surprised me more, and meant more to me, than seeing an entire class of ninth graders mob Congressman [John] Lewis at a book festival.

So March: Book One was the first book I ever wrote. And it was the most terrifying process I've ever been through.

As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.

One novel that I think is an overriding influence in my life is 'All the King's Men,' the most beautiful book written in the U.S.

One of the great advantages of only publishing five books per year is that I get to be excited about every book.

You can cover a great deal of Countries in books.

If you're going to be a healer, it's not enough to read books and learn allegorical stories. you need to get your feet wet, get some clinical experience under your belt.

I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do, but either walk around or read a book or work on your book.

I don't take advances for my books.

I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.

It's also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book!

I hope people will find the book [Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries] a whole lot more than hollow.

There are days now where I think, "Oh man, that would've been a great entry," but I'm putting the pen down until I clear my head, or think of another book idea.

I was in such a creative groove after turning in my last book (The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year) that I decided to keep writing in the hope that I'd one day do a sequel.

I am so glad I was writing while on my last book tour, which was really meta, but I think a fascinating look inside the reality of what that whole madness is about.

I love 'Top Chef.' I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV.

If we're all on the same page, no one's reading the whole book.

I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt

In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book.

In the same way 'Lord of the Rings' was an interpretation of the book, 'The Hobbit' is being treated the same way. It will be faithfully represented with a fresh interpretation.

People think, 'Oh, well how can 'The Hobbit,' which is one book, become three films?' But you can take one line from an appendice and it turns into a whole sequence.

'The Hobbit' was one of the first biggish books I ever read. I remember vividly the 'riddles in the dark' passage, and it meant a lot to me to finally get to play it after all these years.

I do know that the best way to make a mediocre movie is to just transcribe the book.

Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.

I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen.

I love to listen to books on tape.

I collect books, and I love libraries. I love bookstores. And to me meeting a writer is important. And when I saw a book with my name on it I almost passed out.

I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate them so much, and they've been part of my education as a woman.

Outside sleep's open window, between the drops of rain, history is writing a recipe book for every earthly pain.

For a thorough understanding of rowing, for the what, the how and the why, the books making up Peter Mallory’s The Sport of Rowing certainly do it all.

The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.

I very much like doing voiceovers, and I also like doing readings. I do books on tape and stuff. I have fun with it.

I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything.

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that.

As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and books.

So for those of you who haven't read any of my five best-selling books: Liberals are driven by Satan and lie constantly.

The only question I'd be interested in is what books other celebrities have read recently, which is part of my campaign to promote reading.

I never wanted to be famous and the only part I like is that it means people are reading my books and listening to me on TV and radio.

To have the translator be a figure in the book's presentation seems like a big thing, especially for a book that's really popular.

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself.

I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.

Even though I didn't know I was applying for the job, I have somehow become the spokesperson for independent book stores.

I am the person who is appropriating stories that are not mine and turning them into a book.

I read books I hate all the time, and I don't mention them or talk about them.

I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

I love telling people what to read. It's my favorite thing in the world, to buy books and force books on people, take bad books away from people, give them better books.