Books Quotes
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I'd love to see a good script of one of my books, in these years of animations and comic book sequels, and had so many written over the years, but none quite clicked.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.
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I think the impulse took shape in early childhood when I was very ill with lymphoma for a number of years. I spent a lot of time in hospitals and sick-rooms, being read to by various relatives, and I learned to associate books with love and attention.
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I never wrote my books especially for children.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.
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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
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If you don't write your books, there will be graveyards full of children.
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Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back on the shelf and say, “good book,” as if I was patting a good dog. I wanted books to change me, and I wanted to write books that would change others.
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If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this – two books, some television and everything – I'd panic, I'd be scared.
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Great books are rare.
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Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.
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I tried to make sense of the Four Books, until love arrived, and it all became a single syllable.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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I buy way too many books.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and read books for free, not harder. It is stupid to sacrifice tomorrow’s book buyers for today’s dollars, especially when it’s obvious that the source in question doesn’t have any more dollars to give you.
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No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.
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I love comic books and I love anime.