Books Quotes
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Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives.
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I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
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Strange – I'm not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don't stay with me the way books do. Stranger still, because my husband is a screenwriter!
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Burn old wood, read old books, drink old wines, have old friends.
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What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.
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Read books. They are good for us.
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People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
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I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
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I am trying to concentrate on books. You know, I love Dostoevsky; he's my favourite writer.
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My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
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I'd love to go back to school for philosophy. I love philosophy, so I'm always reading philosophy books, annoying my girlfriend with that type of stuff.
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It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.
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A collection of books is the best of all universities.
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I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
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I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.
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My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
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If you're smarter than me, you shouldn't be reading my books.
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Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
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I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture.
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Personally, I really enjoy sci-fi. I watch it, I read comic books, and I play video games. I love this kind of world, so to be able to work in it is a dream. I enjoy it. It's all good.
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He was going through one of those moments that you read about in books, when a character reacts in an unexpectedly extreme way to the normal discontents of living.
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There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
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My books are about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations.
