This Is A Book Quotes

I don't want no better book than what your face is.

I would not read the proof of one of my books for any fair & reasonable sum whatever, if I could get out of it. The proof-reading on the P & Pauper cost me the last rags of my religion.

We get our morals from books. I didn't get mine from books, but I know that morals do come from books- theoretically at least.

There ain't nothing more to write about and I'm rotten glad of it, because if I'd know'd what trouble it was to make a book, I wouldn't a tackled it.

I like a thin book because it will Steady a Table, a leather volume because it will Strop a Razor, and a heavy book because it can be Thrown at a Cat.

Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say.

Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.

When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)

Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was written, designed, erected around her. She was clucthing at a book.

Amplified by the still of night, the book opened -- a gust of wind.

I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because I want to improve with every book.

I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying.

Summer came. For the books thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the color of Jews.

If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

I read some books that were the right books for me. I read them and I didn't even notice turning the pages anymore. I thought, "That's what I want to do with my life."

If it's one thing we learned from the first book, it's that you don't have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned architect, or a concert violinist to have been affected by the power of words.

The story begins only when the book closes.

Relationships are like a book, in that they are for learning.

I prefer always to think that I am creating a book, not a series of stand-alone poems.

Write the book you'd want to read.

Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.

Richard's bookshelves weren't alphabetized. He never had time to alphabetize them. He was always too busy- looking for books he couldn't find.

High Concept means a book or a film whose core idea can be stated in a single sentence, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are twins. Or, Arnold is pregnant.

The violence and double-talk in the Alice books probably does no harm to children, but the novels should not be allowed to circulate indiscriminately among adults who are undergoing analysis.

The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world; it is only understood by the plain and simple hearted.

The fact that the biblical book Hebrews is not an epistle of St Paul, or of any other apostle, is proved by what it says in chapter two.

I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos.

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

Essayists write at a length that enables them, within a year, to explore a number of topics, whereas in a book, they'll likely only get to address one.

Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.

We read books, talked books, argued over books and became dearer and dearer to one another.

I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me. How awful, backward, cowardly, and mentally warped that will be if it turns out to be true.

The things that are really important to me are my man, my animals and my books. I don't need anything else.

I've come to the conclusion that you can't write scary books unless you're easily scared yourself.

Reading Stephen King's book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, drawn out mental enema.

When I'm not working on a children's book, I'm painting abstract paintings. That's probably the most joyous thing for me as an artist. But I do love children's books.

Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn't a healthy thing for me.

I don't have a copy of my books, and the degree to which I never read them is profound. I never look.

It is with pain that I read of the dire effects of my book upon the minds of young girls.

Well, if I am not vulgar, neither is my book. I wrote myself. Suggestiveness is always vulgar. But truth never. My book is not even remotely suggestive. I call things by their names. That is all.

When I wrote my book I wanted to love someone. I wanted to be in love. Now I know that I shall never be in love - and I no longer wish to be.

I have trouble with some books because I'm so much in agreement with them I'd rather just sit in the grass myself.

If there's a therapist who wants a writing project, I think there's a need for a book about how the culture affects the mental health of boys.

My books are not really books; theyre endless chains of distraction shoved inside a cover. Many of them begin at the search box of Pub Med, an Internet database of medical journal articles.

It's this mood, these sentiments - the excitement of exploration and the surprises and delights of travel to foreign locales - that I hope to inspire with this book.

The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.

Young Doctor Arden was gong through the process of reorienting himself after a night's sleep.

I have still the best comforts of life - books and friendships - and I trust never to lose my relish for either.