Books Quotes
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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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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books. I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. My story is not a pleasant one; it is neither sweet nor harmonious, as invented stories are; it has the taste of nonsense and chaos, of madness and dreams -- like the lives of all men who stop deceiving themselves.
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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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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.
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I buy way too many books.
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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Superheroes are best imagined in comic books. The union between the written word, the image, and then what your imagination has to do to connect those allows for so much.
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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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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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I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
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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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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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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 am not in the business of suppressing books.
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As a youngster I used to try to pick up any bits of wisdom about the guitar I could. It's not like now where you have books and books about every aspect of anything. Any little pearl of wisdom was welcome back then.
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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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America is full of readers of all different sorts who love books in many different ways, and I keep meeting them. And I think editors should look after them, and make less effort to please people who don't actually like books.
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I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
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I get inspiration from literally everything and anything. I take inspiration from people, relationships, stories, and I take inspiration from movies I see, books I read and songs I hear.
