Quotes about book
book differences making-a-difference
A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference. David Almond
book school american-history
When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history. Dave Foley
book thinking italian
I came to think that nobody from England could draw American comic books, because they were clearly all done by this sort of Mafia, all these guys with Italian and Irish names who had the whole thing sewn up. It was actually seeing a comic book drawn by Barry Smith, who was about my age, and English. Dave Gibbons
book thinking illustration
People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of Watchmen as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form.
book numbers people
I wanted my book to make people cry, but I feel like I'm the only person who my book is going to make cry, if they show me the sales numbers. David Shapiro
book should endure
A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it. David Shields
book reading order
If I'm reading a book and it seems truly interesting, I tend to start reading back to front in order not to be too deeply under the sway of progress.
book audio lovers
Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise. David Sedaris
book mean writing
When I taught, a lot of my students weren't big readers, so they would write something and I realized that they thought it belonged in a book. Like, they didn't know what the inside of a book looked like, you know what I mean?
book iron listening
I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time.
book school adventure
If I'm riding my bike I just replay the same scenarios over and over in my head, like I haven't had a new mental adventure since high school. So that's what I like about books on tape, so my mind can't wander anywhere.
book tape
I like books on tape, and will listen to just about anything.
book people sitting
I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting.
book thinking library
When someone tell me they illegally downloaded one of my audiobooks I think, Thanks a lot, Pal. When someone tells me they checked my book out of the library, I'm delighted. I've always been a big library user, and feel a kinship with others who do the same thing.
book listening would-be
I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books.
book people fiction-and-nonfiction
I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives.
book ipads sometimes
I sometimes read books on my iPad.
book people infidelity
In books and movies infidelity always looks so compelling, so right. Here are people who defy petty convention and are rewarded with only the tastiest bits of human experience.
book writing firsts
I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it would happen quickly.
book reading thinking
I would still be reading out loud. I think that if you are any kind of an artist, then validation is just sort of... it can be a result, but you're going to do the work anyway. Because you're just wired that way. It's so engrained, it's such a part of your personality that you don't just stop doing it. Eventually I'll retire on some level, eventually no one will want to buy my books or a ticket to see me read, it's inevitable that's going to happe
book writing years
I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later.
book years needs
Before I start a project, I always ask myself the following question. Why is this book worth a year of my life? There needs to be something about the theme, the technique, or the research that makes the time spent on it worthwhile. David Morrell
book writing should
Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one else could have written.
book writing rushing
As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it.
book biographies tests
Read. Read. Read. Read. Read great books. Read poetry, history, biography. Read the novels that have stood the test of time. And read closely. David McCullough
book writing interesting
My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.
book writing ideas
I feel that what I do is a calling. I would pay to do what I do if I had to. I will never live long enough to do the work I want to do: the books I would like to write, the ideas I would like to explore.
book today madness
I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.
book bigger
Nothing ever invented can you a bigger life than a book.
book reading people
To hold the reader's attention, you have to bring the person who's reading the book inside the experience of the time: What was it like to have been alive then? What were these people like as human beings?
book writing journey
Once I discovered the endless fascination of doing the research and of doing the writing, I knew I had found what I wanted to do in my life. Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.
book character people
Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.
book age saws
It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books.