Michael Moorcock (Michael John Moorcock) Quotes

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock

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My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time.

Ed Emberley
- Time
- Book
- Green
I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people.

Walter Dean Myers
- People
- Book
- Bad
When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.

E. L. Doctorow
- Writing
- Book
- Doing
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.

Malala Yousafzai
- World
- Book
- Remember
What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.

Barry Schwartz
- Important
- Book
- Changes
A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.

Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Good
- Book
- Bad