Books Quotes
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But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
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If you're smarter than me, you shouldn't be reading my books.
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I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them.
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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 problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.
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Books are my weakness.
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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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Comic books have a long, fraught history with sexism.
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I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
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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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The wise are above books.
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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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We often compare the experience of writing a book to that of playing God. It is up to us, and only us, to determine what happens to the people we invent. It is for us alone to determine what is good and bad, just and unjust, appropriate and inappropriate for the worlds we create. I love that about writing books.
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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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The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man nothing else that he builds ever lasts monuments fall; nations perish; civilization grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts, of the hearts of men centuries dead.
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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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I really wasn't into comic books growing up.
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Jacqueline Rose was so wonderful in so many ways, and I was really blessed to be her daughter. Of all the things I am because of her - there's no question: I am a writer because of her love of books.
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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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Burn old wood, read old books, drink old wines, have old friends.
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I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
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Books, the books that I loved above all else to spend my time with, were the great tools for understanding one's life and the lives of other people.
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People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
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Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
