Book Quotes

When the book is over, I think of innovative marketing ways to reach to a larger audience. I think wine and cheese book launch parties are a waste.

Amish Tripathi
- Book
- Wine
- Marketing
The most important question for me when I begin working on a film is where to start. For a book, what makes you convinced there is a story that is worthwhile?

Wim Wenders
- Important
- Book
- Film

Every book that doesn't first have to get past a gatekeeper or two, or 10, before being put in front of the public will be worse.

Chris Pavone
- Book
- Past
Although logging workouts seems to be a very simple action, it is often forgotten. Once several days go by, it is hard to remember what was done on a particular day. After working out for several months, you will feel an unbelievable sense of achievement when flipping through the pages of the log book. You should also notice a sign of improvement. 'Material proof' can be great motivation and will encourage you to keep on going.

Xeno Muller
I worked as a carpenter for a few years. I began writing. I wrote a book about my time in Africa - that came out in 1988 - called 'The Village of Waiting.'

George Packer
- Time
- Writing
- Waiting
There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect in the world in any real way mid-process. The only way to survive is to write until it is all said and done.

Alexandra Fuller
- World
- Long
- Writing
I have both experienced and witnessed a great deal of suffering in my life, and that has informed my art. I'm here today, because I'm a fighter. I didn't survive my life to ask permission to write my books.

C.E. Morgan
- Life
- Great
- Writing
I was nearly 40 when I published my first book. I was a slow starter - or rather, I was slow to gather my work together, though I had published translations, mainly of the Italian poet Montale, by then.

Jonathan Galassi
- Work
- Together
- Italian