



It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.
BooksDonna Tartt in The Secret HistoryIf you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
Books, ReadingHaruki MurakamiIf there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
Books, WritingToni MorrisonOh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book that will stop time, lift me out of my quotidian existence and alter my thinking forever.
Books, Reading, WeekendElizabeth GilbertBooks are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
Books, MoviesBarry EislerThere are a lot of good books around. People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?
Books, ReadingLemmy KilmisterThe only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.
Books, Writing, ReadingCarlos Ruiz Zafón in The Angel's GameOne summer morning at sunrise a long time ago I met a little girl with a book under her arm. I asked her why she was out so early and she answered that there were too many books and far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.
BooksTove JanssonMy father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.
Books, ReadingEmilia ClarkeWhat I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.
Books, ReadingLogan Pearsall SmithA novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
BooksHarlan CobenI still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.
Books, LearningEric SchmidtWhen I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.
BooksMargaret WalkerClosing a public library is child abuse, really, because it hinders child development.
BooksAlan BennettI can't picture going to a beach, or anywhere on vacation, without a couple of books as companions.
BooksRosecrans BaldwinYou can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
Books, TeaLewis CarrollBook hangover: Inability to start a new book, because you're still living in the last book's world.
Books, Imagination, ReadingUnknownI find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Books, Reading, TelevisionGroucho MarxGentlemen, gentlemen. I'll never understand. All these books. A world of knowledge at your fingertips. And what do you do? You play poker all night.
BooksSeven, by William SomersetBooks should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?
BooksChristopher PaoliniWe are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
BooksJules Verne in Journey to the Center of the EarthLiterature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.
BooksHelen Keller