Books Quotes

We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it.

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.

I mainly buy books in my free time.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult.

It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't.

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.

Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.

Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer.

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.

Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books.

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

I love watching the Bond movies obviously and I grew up reading the books as a kid. I've always loved them because of that.

I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory.

Mary Stewart will always be my goddess. I can pick up one of her early books - one I've read a dozen times - and still slide right into the story.

I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time.

I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I was like, 'Holy cow, what else am I missing out on?'

I can now focus on a huge audience through TV, books, cookware and foods.

By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true.

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.