Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bryan Singer

From comic books to radio to TV to the movies, everyone knows this character. And they have an idea of who he should be. Those can be big expectations.

For publishers and authors, this means that electronic books and periodicals can now quickly grow to become a vast and lucrative new industry.

Lykke Li

I don't relate to the 'Twilight' books or movies at all, but I'm obsessed with it as a pop culture phenomenon - all these people just screaming like it was the Beatles.

I don't think we need another law on the books to cover that subject.

I don't think we'll see consumers voting with their pocketbooks. If a book captures someone's imagination, consumers aren't going to decide not to buy it because it's a memoir.

Jim Lee

From 'The Sandman' and 'Black Orchid' to 'Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?,' Neil Gaiman has provided some of the most memorable stories of the comic book industry.

From the publisher's point of view, there are lots of issues because students buy books and sell them back. Future students might only buy the used textbooks.

Fortunately, in talking with the classroom teacher, she shared with me that the children recently read a couple of books on loss -- 'Charlotte's Web' and 'The Taste of Blackberries,' ... The children had an opportunity to discuss feelings and talk about what it meant to lose someone and to share with each other.

If it's not in the books, then they become something that's simply hard and harsh and violent and quite unrelenting. That's neither the kind of book that I would like to read, nor that I would like to write. It's people's feelings that interest me.

Marion Blakey

We can close the book on center fuel tank explosions,

Chip Kidd

What you must remember about hardcover books is that they are like tattoos. Once you get one, it's never really going to go away.

What we have created is a major resource for our community for years to come. It's a work that will be read 100 years from now. We've given a voice to people largely ignored in previous books African-Americans, Hispanics, women and other ethnic groups.

Nicholas Sparks

Having the book sell out of stores is far and away the most difficult step of all. Walk into a bookstore these days and scan the shelves. Thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of books, are competing with yours and the front of the store is dominated by brand-name authors.

Going forward, stock specific movement will continue. It is advisable to buy on declines and book profits at higher levels.

Going by the statement of the honorary secretary, we felt the rule book was not properly referred to.

Johnny Ball

Go Figure! A Totally Cool Book About Numbers

Going on a diet doesn't mean limiting your foods. So many food shows and books are geared toward healthier, lighter cooking. Your choices are endless. People have to realize that cooking at home takes extra time and work, but there's a big long-term pay off.

Bobby Jenks

He's just very good at what he does. I'm sure he feels the same way. That he can take the last two outings and put them in the book and be ready for tomorrow. You can never doubt yourself when you are a closer. It's very important. You can't dwell over the little things or it will be stuck in your head the next time you go out.

Jojo Moyes

I wrote three books before I got one published. Most writers do. Have faith, and know that with each work you are getting better.

William Rehnquist

I wrote this book for a sense of personal satisfaction. Just like taking a good photograph or painting a picture or playing a good golf game or something, it's the thing in itself that justifies it.

Terry McMillan

I wrote the book in order to give myself permission,

Len Deighton

I wrote my first books the way people would write science fiction, because they gave me much more latitude to invent situations.

Kevin Spacey

I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. I've got a lot of material. But a book about me? It seems sort of odd.

Just look at the shelves of any bookstore in any airport, and you see how much people love crime and mysteries, how much they love solving puzzles.

Kathleen Norris

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier

Just the child seeing a parent with a book or a newspaper, or reading a recipe or a book on how to repair a car encourages their children to want to read.

John Archibald (in the book as well as in real life) is a big, important part of the yard.

Emerson Spartz

J.K. Rowling called in May to invite me to her house and interview her on the day of the new book's release, ... I had to stay up all night to read through the entire book in time for the interview.

Lord Byron

I take the view, and always have, that if you cannot say what you are going to say in 20 minutes you ought to go away and write a book about it.

Galway Kinnell

I think it might help to keep his memory vivid, ... People might be led from one book to the other.

Steve Finley

I think it's crap that (the investigation) is just because the book came out.

Robert Hall

He might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he laid so many books upon his head that his brains could not move

Leonard Mlodinow

Whatever I've worked on, I've always tried to make my writing personal. I think that's what makes my books somewhat different from what other scientists are doing. You have to tie concepts into everyday life, or they just won't be interesting for readers.