One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us.
Brian Michael Bendis
PeopleSeeI SeePeersUsBooks
I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four.
Alan Davies
FriendGreatYearBuyBooksFour
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
Mason Cooley
FailureTruthHappyMeTellBooks
I grew up around a lot of Rumi, Hafez and Omar Khayyam books. My parents in Kabul had all the volumes around the house.
Khaled Hosseini
ParentsHouseUpBooksAroundHad
I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
Val McDermid
WritingWorldThinkUsBooksMany
I suppose books are my real passion in life.
John Boyne
LifePassionRealBooksSuppose
Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books.
Anton Seidl
RealAnythingBooksFoundMuch
I've never watched any of the adaptations of my books. I've never wanted to, and there's absolutely no chance of me doing so in the future.
Alan Moore
FutureMeChanceDoingNeverBooks
Music and books, I think, were the two things I trusted the most as a child - songs and books.
Mary Gauthier
MusicChildThinkTwoThingsBooks
I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting.
Justine Larbalestier
RememberFindingFeelingYoungBooks
I love reading books that can break my heart.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
LoveHeartReadingBreakBooks
In my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards are quite high.
John Banville
WorkWork HardYouHardHighBooks
My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.
Anthony Horowitz
PerfectSheJustBooksReadHe
I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.
Wilbur Smith
EyesViewWriteStudyHeadBooks
I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.
Mike White
ReadingHelpMomentsWhereBooks
I read books more than I go out.
Julie Bowen
GoMoreOutBooksReadThan
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.
Tama Janowitz
DayEvery DayWellGetSellBooks
I'm not itching to sue Amazon or Wal-Mart... they sell a lot of books. But the future is very uncertain with books.
John Grisham
FutureWal-MartSellBooksUncertain
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.
Arthur Schopenhauer
GoodTimeBuyBooksWouldRead
Aside from the Rizzoli & Isles books, there are many other stories I want to write. The question is whether I'll live long enough to write them all!
Tess Gerritsen
LiveEnoughLongWantWriteBooks
There are, of course, fat characters in books out there, some of them quite enduring and famous. But they tend to be creatures of young-adult or commercial fiction.
Michelle Dean
FamousFatOutFictionBooksCourse
If you want to cry, you're not going to like my books.
Janet Evanovich
YouCryWantGoingBooksLike
Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
S. E. Hinton
MoviesRuinOnlyBooks
I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.
Andrew Wylie
PersonYesHalfUsedClosetBooks
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