3105 Books Quotes for You to Enjoy

My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub were the three wise men of our family bookshelf. Michael Easton

I didn't read children's books when I was a child. The only books in our house were ration books. Michael Foreman

Our Books Only Ration House Read Were Child Children

The seed of an idea laying dormant in an old sketchbook is fed the missing ingredient from a new experience. Trying to share some of these experiences, some of the wonders, is one of the reasons why I do books. Michael Foreman

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You did not disturb Hemingway before noon on Monday through Friday - he was in his office, writing the books that made the lifestyle possible. Michael Gerber

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I thought I would write non-fiction. I thought I would enter the New York literary scene as copy editor, work my way up, and then write my own books. Michael Gruber

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I wasn't an academic looking in books for ideas. But I educated myself about historical work that was similar to mine, to provide a frame of reference that wasn't the usual frame of reference of the New York art world and Europe. Michael Heizer

I'm always astonished when I go into Barnes & Noble at the number of people buying books, of course, but also at the variety of books they do buy and the extent to which they are not the big bestsellers. Michael Korda

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My books are based on observing others, not myself. Michael Korda

Myself Others Books Observing Based

For a book publisher, there is hardly a more dangerous category than that of celebrity autobiography. Forget who it's by, most books of this kind not only fail but fail big, since they are invariably expensive. Michael Korda

Peter Fleming was a famous English traveler, explorer and adventurer, whose non-fiction books were hugely successful. My father owned signed copies of all of them - he and Peter Fleming had become acquainted over some detail of set design at the Korda film studio in Shepperton - and I had read each of them with breathless adolescent excitement. Michael Korda

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Hopefully my books are improving. One of the ways I find motivation to improve is looking at someone who is already at a high level and continues to get better with each book. That's really what you want to emulate. Michael Koryta

I'm hooked on 'Game of Thrones.' I'm a fan of the books and the show. Michael McMillian

Game Books Hooked Fan Game Of Thrones Show

Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It's not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children. Michael Morpurgo

There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not. Michael Morpurgo

When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them. Michael Morpurgo

For someone who made such an enormous contribution to American literature, Mark Twain has been the subject of many books but few major biographies. Michael Patrick Hearn

Made Few Enormous Mark Mark Twain Books Has-Been Someone Major Been Subject Contribution American Literature American Literature Twain Who Many Biographies

I don't know why - I have a ton of books: five full cabinets of them. Michael Pena

Books Know Five Them Full Why Ton

I write books that will make 10 or 12 hours disappear, and hopefully they'll resonate with you for a few days, where you'll remember the characters and the story. That suits me fine; I am happy with that. Michael Robotham

My brother had boxes of comic books. He was really the collector. Michael Shanks

Books Collector Brother Had He Boxes Comic Comic Books Really

There are scenes from books I'm happy with. I tend to think my books are all broken. But then my favourite reads are almost always books that don't, in the end, pull off what they set out to do. Michael Winter

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If you are identified with certain opinions and an ability to express them, and if you can build yourself an audience, a partisan fan base - measured through social media - then you are an official opinionator, monetizable through books, television contracts and the speaking circuit. Michael Wolff

You Yourself Social Media Build Books Circuit Television Ability Through Identified Partisan Audience Opinions Contracts Official Fan Fan Base Social Them Then Certain Speaking Measured Express Base Media

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