Books Quotes
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People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
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It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will be written after him.
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Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
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There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.
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I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.
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I don't have any great first job tales: I've never worked on a tramp steamer or in a coal mine or anything like that. I think the inspiration for my writing came largely from my father and the joy that life in books represented to me.
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I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.
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I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five.
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I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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There was a day on the set of Iron Man where I said, "I remember some of this stuff. I definitely had some Iron Man books. But, S.H.I.E.L.D. is a little bit of a weak spot for me."
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To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It means my books are legitimate.
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All I have learned, I learned from books.
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My books are about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations.
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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.
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All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words.
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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I never had money for anything. But I tell you what did really work - books. Between the covers of those books I could go anyplace, I could be anybody, I could do anything.
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The wise are above books.
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The people who review my books, generally, are kind of youngish culture writers who aspire to write books. When someone writes a book review, they obviously already self-identify as a writer. I mean, they are. They're writers, they're critics, and they're writing about a book about a writer who's a critic. So I think it's really hard for people to distance themselves from what they're criticizing.
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Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to read other books. I am all for it.
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Actually, the books were never a planned career path.
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I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.
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Books are my weakness.
