Books Quotes

In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought of that until a critic pointed that out.

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.

I spent my first two years at a small all-male college in Virginia called Hampden-Sydney. That was like going to college 120 years ago. The languages, a year of rhetoric, all of the great books, Western Man courses, stuff like that.

Being the first to do something like this also registers a lot of attention that the line might not have gotten if all four books had just appeared from one company.

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.

I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four.

Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!

No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.

Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister.

I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers.

I write books to find out about things.

I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.

If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?

I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

More books, more racing and more foolishness with cars and motorcycles are in the works.

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.

Quentin and I were constantly finding something new that we had in common and comic books were one of them. I think we were talking about comic books much earlier in our relationship, before I had the part.

We probably put about four or five comic books out a year and probably about two or three art books and various trade paperbacks - maybe four or five of those a year - and that's what we do now.

I don't read books much.

If you think you have it tough, read history books.

No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most.

Most of us... are simply just trying to get through the day. And wait for those times in their life that are markers, that put things into relief. That's why we like movies and books so much.