Books Quotes
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Books are my weakness.
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On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.
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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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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 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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Comic books have a long, fraught history with sexism.
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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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I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
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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 regret all of my books.
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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’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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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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The wise are above 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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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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People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
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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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I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
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I really wasn't into comic books growing up.
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Burn old wood, read old books, drink old wines, have old friends.
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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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Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.
