Quotes about boo
book hollies copies
HOLLY: Are you suggesting I occasionally stray from the rule book? FOALY: No. I'm suggesting you do not own a copy of the rule book, and if you do, you have certainly never opened it. Eoin Colfer
book reading thinking
I have always loved 'Stig of the Dump.' I think reading that book made me officially realise that I was a reader. Eoin Colfer
book people hook
What many people don't know about 'Peter Pan' is that it's a very violent book and Hook is one of the most finely observed villains ever. Eoin Colfer
book frustrated use
I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you don't happen to use what you've worked on that day, it has taught you something and you'll be amazed when you might come back to it and use it again. Eoin Colfer
book television grew-up
I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself. Emily Watson
book open-book
I'm a pretty open book. Emily VanCamp
book museums trying
[On the British Museum:] It was manifestly impossible to read all the books in that huge, gloomy structure, but I made a good try and accumulated a fund of useless information guaranteed to cast a pall over any dinner table. Elsa Maxwell
book writing men
I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions And I'm giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book. Elvis Costello
book time-management management
I've actually not read any books on time management. Elon Musk
book trying may
Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience. Jay Asher
book writing people
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read. Jay Asher
book people way
The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict. Jay Asher
book thinking other-worlds
For the first time i began to think, consciously and deliberately of religion and other worlds. The Hindu religion especially went up in my estimation; not the ritual or ceremonial part, but it's great books, the "Upnishads", and the "Bhagavad Gita". Jawaharlal Nehru
book character cities
I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at public speaking, but if I can assume a role and speak as that person, then I'm fine. When I had to give a book report, I always did it in character. Jason Wiles
book ideas interesting
People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas. Jasper Fforde
book writing years
It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good. Jasper Fforde
book should-have romance
Every book should have a romance. Jasper Fforde
book giving library
Mr. Pewter led them through to a library, filled with thousands of antiquarian books. 'Impressive, eh?' 'Very,' said Jack. 'How did you amass all these?' 'Well,' said Pewter, 'You know the person who always borrows books and never gives them back?' 'Yes...?' 'I'm that person. Jasper Fforde
book assuming academic
I still feel threatened by academics, but my books have a lot of academic in-jokes and everybody assumes I went to university and studied English. Jasper Fforde
book awards seven
Who do readers expect to see when they pick up this book? Who has won the Most Troubled Romantic Lead at the BookWorld Awards seventy-seven times in a row? Me. All me. Jasper Fforde
book needs attention
He spent his life immersed in books to the cost of everything else, even personal relationships. "Friends," he'd once said, "are probably great, but I have forty thousands friends of my own already, and each of them needs my attention. Jasper Fforde
book degrees creeps
There is a certain degree of steampunkishness that creeps into my books. Jasper Fforde
book magic kind
Books" - Snell smiled - "are a kind of magic. Jasper Fforde
book writing people
To a great extent, I still write for myself, write what amuses me. Fortunately, I have a quirky sort of strange sense of humor that appeals to other people and that's good. I still sort of write for myself though there are some areas of the book I feel I have to put in and I feel I have to deliver. Jasper Fforde
book heed
Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books. Jasper Fforde
book thinking giving
Whenever I'm giving talks, I always ask people to think of the most obscure questions because I enjoy those the most. I always get the same questions: Why does Pickwick say "plock" and will there be a movie? I like the really obscure questions because there's so much in the books. There are tons and tons of references and I like when people get the little ones and ask me about them. It's good for the audience [and also] they realize there's more there. Jasper Fforde
book technology looks
Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head. Jasper Fforde
book interviews reader
I'm a very slow reader, and books of interviews are an absolute favorite of mine. Jason Schwartzman
book reading thinking
I'm more of a visual person, but I think that reading's extremely important. But I'm very easily distracted. It takes certain books to really grab you in. Jason Marsden
book entrepreneur guy
I tried to do everything I could to study Walt Disney. I would read every book I could on the company, and then I found out more about him as a person, as an entrepreneur, and it was just fascinating to me that this guy was able to live a great life with his family but also do these amazing things at work. Jason Kilar
book people freaky
I'm one of those freaky people that actually reads books. Jason Momoa
book fans comic
I was a huge comic book fan, and I still am. Jason Momoa
book law roles
My role was to bring about fairness in the workplace. All I did was implement the laws that were currently on the books. Hilda Solis