Alan Gratz Quotes
That’s what libraries were for: to make sure that everybody had the same access to the same books everyone else did.
Quotes to Explore
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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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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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
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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 steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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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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I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
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My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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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.
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I don't write books inadvertently.
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Libraries can take the place of God.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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I've just taught thousands of people over the radio in the USA how to mend broken watches and broken house appliances. I am a catalyst or trigger to access these powers.
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E-books are impervious to analogy.
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You don't go to other books and take little pieces because although say a romantic scene may have been many times before all the details of who it is, where it is, are so intertwined in that text that it's easier to write it from scratch.
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The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.
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That’s what libraries were for: to make sure that everybody had the same access to the same books everyone else did.
