From Book Quotes

Those of us who are writers and have to perform to communities that aren't used to coming to book events, I would recommend taking some theater.

My book would come out in one language, then it would come out in another language, then it would come out in One City, One Read, and I was always being called away from my desk.

I don't think I'll write a large novel again because it was like being in jail for me. Even though that's the funniest book I've ever written, it was the saddest period of my life.

Think about the books that you were reading at a certain crisis in your life, what you were reading, and that's because you needed them to nourish your alma.

Every book takes you to the terror, that terrible place of possible failure.

The TSA tears through your bags at the airport and the NSA watches what books you buy and what you say over the telephone and online. It doesn't feel like anything is private anymore.

Why I have had such a huge career and why I have sold over four million books, is that people can do what I share with them to do.

I have a strong opinion that a genuine love of books is one of the greatest blessings of life for man and woman.

You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship

I'm jealous of everyone discovering Lovesey and Diamond for the first time-you have a wonderful backlist to catch up on. Me, all I can do is wait for the next book.

I understood we used to be close. But they were like books i'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them, but I couldn't tell you now what they'd been about.

I'm not sure that I have a favorite either on-screen or in the books! Whenever I'm writing, I'm always really excited to dive back into each character.

I love books about dysfunctional families.

A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.

One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be the impression you get from reading his books.

My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth that they have gone through.

My first published book, Story of a Girl, was the fourth book I wrote.

There were about ten years of trying, failing, trying again, suffering rejection, etc. My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth book I wrote.

She accepted it from then on. Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her.

My library card. Every hurdle I've faced, I have researched my way over at a library. I'm grateful for that part of the American spirit that believes every citizen should have access to books.

My books are so tame!

It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get a book (written) -- for me, it's never quick.

Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.

I think part of the problem sometimes is that there's so much happening in my books, to whittle it down into a single script is hard.

Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as I can, but you reach a point as the author where you have lost all perspective.

It was a basic plot in any number of her books: girl strikes out, makes good, finds love, gets revenge. In that order. The making good and striking out part I liked. The rest would just be bonus.

I don't talk about my books while I'm writing them: not even my husband knows what a novel's about until it's done.

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even if I want to.

I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.

Every book teaches me something about my process, and they are all challenging in one way or another.

Once I’m done with a book, I’m done! I’m just not a sequel kind of girl. By the time I’ve finished a book I’ve read it so many times that it’s time to move on.

It's like reading a book about a life that you will never occupy, but that's the beauty of being transported.

I took a page from [the playwright] Wendy Wasserstein's book. She said 'I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.'

If the election had turned out differently, I could be the one overseeing the signing of bailout checks and Vice President Biden could be on the road selling his book 'Going Rogaine.'

Inexplicable: I recently won in court to stop my book "America by Heart" from being leaked, but US Govt can't stop Wikileaks' treasonous act?

I read books, but I do it because I want to - because it's like an escape in my head, like being with you.

Inside the book between the lines, was a place to rest and absorb the magic

I love books that rhyme. And I love books that are clever and have little lines in them that are meant to amuse the parents who will no doubt be reading the book over and over and over again.

E-books are impervious to analogy.

I have always wanted to do a book about actors because I think that the death of a character is a tremendously emotional experience.

I read more books than you can imagine on all sorts of odd topics, which is something that I love.

This is where you and I are headed.... Look for us in history books and you'll find us in the margins. Look for us in legends and you might just find us celebrated

It's like that where these little anecdotes come through, and I guess that's what I like about books like that [He Stopped Loving Her Today]. Fiction now is so experiential.

The idea that comics stores, distributors and publishers simply 'give the customers what they want' is nonsense. What the customers wanted they didn't get - and they left.

I wouldn't necessarily have been making books about how to make comics if I'd really felt I knew how to make comics.

I try to know as much as I can about a book before the beginning, but I never know exactly where it's going to end.

Basbanes makes you love books.

The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots.

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo.