Books Quotes
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'Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.
Maggie Stiefvater
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
Florentijn Hofman
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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.
Patrick Carman
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So many books, so little time.
Frank Zappa
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
Nate Berkus
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Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.
Laura Hillenbrand
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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
Walt Whitman
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I love books.
Gail Porter
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I didn't read comic books; that's not something that was really available to me as a child. We watched more cartoons and movies.
Candice Patton
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As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
Carl Hiaasen
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
Iain Banks
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner
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I get enjoyment out of writing, but I get absolutely no enjoyment out of rewriting, so I don't do much of it. The more you work on something, certainly, the better it gets. But there's also a pretty clear law of diminishing returns. It drives me crazy to do readings of my books, because if I read anything I've written in the past, I'd like to almost rewrite everything.
Chuck Klosterman
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
Malorie Blackman
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My books are not generic. You know when you're reading a Joy Fielding book.
Joy Fielding
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
Samantha Shannon
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Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
Caprice Bourret
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I was a huge fan of 'Game Of Thrones.' I hadn't read the books but had watched the series from the beginning.
Nathalie Emmanuel
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
Candice Olson
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With so many millions of titles available, the books that will get talked about are the books that make readers talk about them.
M. J. Rose
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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
Walter Benjamin
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Not everything that can be extracted appears in anthologies of quotations, in commonplace books, or on the back of Celestial Seasonings boxes. Only certain sorts of extracts become quotations.
Gary Saul Morson
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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.
T. E. Lawrence