Books Quotes

I want Books and Babies and Beef stews.

Sylvia Plath

WantBooksBeefBabies

Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence.

Nicholson Baker

PersistenceNothingOutSitBooks

I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms.

Lisa Whelchel

EncouragementJustBooksPractical

My father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little.

Honeysuckle Weeks

FatherMeReadingLittleOffBooks

As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

Nathaniel Philbrick

HistoryNarrativeBooksReadLot

I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool.

Matt Smith

CoolThinkUsedBooksReadGore

I'm one of those who can't read the books after they've seen the movie.

Peter Dinklage

SeenBooksWhoReadMovieThose

When I did get into comic books, it was after a whole other career, and when I got into comic books, they didn't even know who I was.

Neal Adams

CareerKnowGotGetWholeBooks

I'd actually read the 'Twilight' books and seen the movies, and I was a fan.

Judi Shekoni

MoviesTwilightSeenBooksFanRead

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Henry Ward Beecher

FurnitureHouseNothingBooksMade

I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.

Nathan Fillion

HandsSmellBuyBooksStillYour

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

Anita Brookner

LifeGreatSimpleNeverJustBooks

People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books.

Paul Theroux

PeopleBooksWhoReadThreatened

I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic.

Neil Patrick Harris

BooksDemographicLotTapeAnother

Books were in my family - books were my family.

Joshua Cohen

FamilyBooksWere

I've read a number of relationship books out there. A lot are written towards women.

Hill Harper

WomenRelationshipOutBooksRead

I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.

Mal Peet

ArtSchoolGoBooksOddRead

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

Jeffery Deaver

LiveWriteBooksThemReaders

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

Sharon Creech

LoveOutdoorsTellBooksReaders

A home without books is a body without soul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

HomeSoulBodyWithoutBooks

I'm writing all the books I wish I had when I was a kid.

Jason Reynolds

WritingWishI WishKidBooksHad

We still have pretty good sales, especially for the art books.

Glenn Danzig

GoodArtSalesPrettyBooksStill

I love those books like 'Gone with the Wind,' the huge, sweeping family sagas.

M. K. Hobson

FamilyLoveWindGoneBooksLike

Many, many people can write books. I just happen to be one of them.

Michael Ian Black

PeopleWriteHappenJustBooksMany

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