3104 Books Quotes for You to Enjoy

At age eleven, I became a member of the circulating library of my home town. From there on I was rarely seen outside but was reading two to four books per week, the subjects ranging from archaeology over ethnology and geography to zoology. Needless to say that I did not do much homework. Hartmut Michel

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I'm not intelligent. I'm not arrogant. I'm just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club, and I made the cocktails and I made the sandwiches. I didn't want to become a writer - it just happened. Haruki Murakami

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Many people tell me that they don 't know what to feel when they finish one of my books because the story was dark, or complicated, or strange. But while they were reading it, they were inside my world and they were happy. That's good. Haruki Murakami

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished. Haruki Murakami

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I like to read books. I like to listen to music. Haruki Murakami

Music Books Like Read Listen

My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time. Haruki Murakami

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People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books. Harvey Pekar

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I cry in movies a lot, and over books. Hayley Mills

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I like to write books and cause trouble. Heather Brooke

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As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant. Heather Brooke

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I think people underestimate the romance audience. It's everything from career women to high school girls to elderly women. I have male readers, too, especially for the Civil War books. Heather Graham Pozzessere

My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint. Helen Dunmore

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I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already. Helen Fielding

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My books have all generated controversy. Helen Fielding

Books Controversy

I use my awards as doorstops. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library - they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces. Helen McCrory

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I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot. I think I'll always be more of a reader than a writer, definitely. There are sooo many books in the world I haven't read, sometimes I feel as if they're all piled on top of my head weighing me down and saying, 'Hurry up.' Helen Oyeyemi

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