Quotes about boo
book grandma reading
I remember once asking Grandma about a book she was reading, a biography of Abraham Lincoln, and how she answered me: this was the first conversation of my life that concerned a book, and 'the life of the mind' - and now, such subjects have become my life. Joyce Carol Oates
book blessing giving
Early publication can be a dubious blessing: we all know writers who would give anything not to have published their first book, and go about trying to buy up all existing copies.
book butterfly rhinos
A writer who has published as many books as I have has developed, of necessity, a hide like a rhino's, while inside there dwells a frail, hopeful butterfly of a spirit.
book reading listening
Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating.
book challenges
It's always a challenge to discover the most effective first sentence, and the most effective final sentence, in a chapter for instance, and in the book as a whole.
book eight months
I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You don't have to get books repaired.
book important matter
Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books.
book character writing
I rarely write in my own voice except in book reviews and memoirs; otherwise, I am writing in mediated voices, modulated in terms of the characters whom the voices express.
book reading mean
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
book heart passion
I am incredibly passionate about my life, I am absolutely unable to hide any emotion. If I wrote a book, I'd have to call it 'P is for Passion'. I don't go in for anything halfway. My feelings about things are instant, on the spot. And my heart is always, always on my sleeve. Kate Winslet
book writing periods
I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at. Kate Adie
book writing ideas
I don't have goals when writing books, apart from getting to the end. I have rather vague ideas about how I want things to feel, I'm big on ambience. I have a title, a beginning and a probable ending and go from there. Kate Atkinson
book men creepy
It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
book thinking giving
Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
book mean fighting
It is very different. I mean, it was immediately different because it's a human being and it's not a vampire and it's not fighting monsters. This isn't the kind of movie that's got the comic book style of fighting to it. It was a bit more gritty. Kate Beckinsale
book way poetic
Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
book reading oxford
At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States would be a double major in Russian and French, but I have to admit that the pressure of getting through so many books spoiled reading for me.
book soul goes-on
A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the impulses by which the world goes on to improvement.
book usa white
I re-read The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter. It's a book every one should read, particularly Americans, as the USA is her primary focus. Her book demonstrates that white is not universal, that white is not neutral, that it has a history, which she eloquently delineates. It's not often you finish a book understanding how the world operates better than before you read it. Justine Larbalestier
book views sea
I've never read a book [ Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon] like it before. Big and sprawling with a million points of view, including sea creatures. It's about an alien invasion that starts in Lagos, Nigeria but, really, that's just the starting point.
book schedules my-sister
My Sister Rosa was bumped from the schedule. None of my books has ever been bumped before. It freaked me out.
book thinking get-better
I'm catching up. I'm satisfied with the show. I think I want to get better and better and keep building. It took a while to figure out how to do it. I didn't know how it was gonna go. I was just like, "I better book a show and just see what happens." Justin Vernon
book thinking long
I don't think of myself as particularly earnest. I have long bouts of cynicism and skepticism. So much of my early life was full of uncertainties. It still is. My "Buddha book" expresses that. Perhaps that's what created this impression of earnestness. Pankaj Mishra
book years long
Most books germinate within you for a long time before they are ready to come out. I wrote several drafts of the novel over many years and when I finally got to the last one, it didn't take much time.
book physicians walks
The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves. Paracelsus
book physicians patient
Every physician must be rich in knowledge, and not only of that which is written in books; his patients should be his book, they will never mislead him.
book power people
Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people. Paramahansa Yogananda
book reading thinking
I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.
book flirting two
Nerd herd, focus. You're here to help the fledglings. Dour One and Dour Two aren't important," said Aphrodite. "Dr. Seuss reference. I like it," Stark said, giving me a check-me-out-I've-always-read-books hottie grin. Aphrodite frowned at him. "I said focus, not flirt. P. C. Cast
book guarantees happy-endings
Life isn't a book. There's no guarantee of a happy ending.
book reading mind
I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something. Paul Mazursky
book red crap
Don't tell me what's in the Red Book. I wrote the goddamned thing. And I know that it's a lot of crap. Paul Martin
book thinking self
I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was? Patty Duke