Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Ultimately, no one can extract from things, books included, more than he already knows.
Quotes to Explore
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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No one today knows what is indecent.
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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May books spread the world over!
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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I don't write books inadvertently.
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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“When I wrote this, only God and I understood what I was doing. Now, God only knows.”
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There is no one that God does not love with all that he is. His love reaches beyond every sin and failure, hoping that at some moment they will come to know just how loved they are.
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I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity seems to me the least desirable of things.
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I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.
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Men make history, but they can never know the history they are making.
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Ultimately, no one can extract from things, books included, more than he already knows.
