W. H. Auden Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel Butler -
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.
Patrick deWitt -
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde -
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.
Patrick Carman -
I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
Frances McDormand -
There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
Barbara Park
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
Joanne Rowling -
I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
Rabih Alameddine -
I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner -
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.
T. E. Lawrence -
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
Carl Hiaasen -
May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf -
I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell -
Travel teaches as much as books.
Youssou N'Dour -
I have great admiration for the fact – checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact – checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
Dan Brown -
I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.
Jack Youngblood -
Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
Patricia Cornwell
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My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.
M. Ward -
If you act like you know what you're going, you can do anything you want - except neurosurgery.
Sharon Stone -
However much we may feel for the misery of someone close to us, we always act with some artificiality in their presence. We hold-back from telling them everything we think, often because we do not genuinely mean what we say; or because we take a pleasure in their plight, thankful that we are not affected.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.
Stephen Harper -
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden