Books Quotes

But everything of value about me is in my books.

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable.

My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history.

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels.

Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.

I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me.

The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books.

These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.

The Pentagon can't even audit its own books. It doesn't even know where its money is going. And we refuse to have the tough forces go on the Pentagon so that at least they are efficient with the money they're spending.

You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film.

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

I like shows or films or books that have messages but don't beat people over the head with them.

There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.

I have a good collection of cookery books. This is not so much because I like cooking, but because I like eating.

Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are.

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

For as spiritual as some people think my books are, I've never really dealt with religious things.

The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get an assignment right away, interview somebody, turn the story in by 9:30, and have the finished story in the paper that landed on my desk by noon.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.