Quotes about boo
book rose would-be
I thought both she [Gypsy Rose Lee] and her story would be ill-served by a conventional, birth-to-death narrative, and so I structured the book like one of her stripteases: revealing a peek of shoulder, then a glimpse of knee, pulling back a bit before you go a bit further, until all is revealed at the end. Karen Abbott
book black-history process
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
book mean management
When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why. Katharine Whitehorn
book needs way
Ebooks have many advantages - publishers don't have to make guesses about how many books to print, books need never go "out of print", and hard-to-find books can be easily available. So far, the only limitation seems to be finding a way for the writer to be paid. Kate Grenville
book thinking quality
I don't think the physical object of a book has any sacred quality, so in principle I think ebooks are great - just another way for stories and story-tellers to connect.
book order paper
A big book is a hard thing to manage - I find the computer makes it easier to keep it in order, and to keep the old drafts (which I sometimes go back to) without drowning in paper.
book cat house
And so, we end with a beginning. Because every ending is really a beginning. All you need is a house that's old and creaky ... filled with lots of books ... a cat ... a person who's willing to try again ... someone who promises never to leave ... and most important of all ... a little Hope. Kate Klise
book kissing lightning-bolts
Finding the book was like kissing a lightning bolt. Karen Miller
book writing dedication
I'm probably the most loquacious author when it comes to my dedications. The reason is there is some symbolism there. I've been writing these books, bringing these stories to my readers who I love so much, and I have a greater love for my family. Karen Kingsbury
book thinking decision
So much of the way books get classified has to do with marketing decisions. I think it's more useful to think of literary books and sci-fi/fantasy books as existing on a continuum. Karen Russell
book white madness
Madness, as I understood it from books, meant a person who was open to the high white whine of everything.
book writing symphony
It took me the bulk of my twenties to write one book about a family of alligator wrestlers. Whereas somebody like Steve Martin is releasing his latest banjo symphony, having just completed another movie and acclaimed, best-selling novel.
book reading names
Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it would be private. Cozy. You wouldn’t have to worry about some squeaky-shoed librarian turning the lights off on you or gauging your literacy by reading the names on your book spines, and there wouldn’t be a single other patron. The whole place would hum with a library’s peace, filtering softly over you like white bars of light…
book kicking ends
I'm kicking myself in the rear end every day, saying, 'Did I really book this many shows? What am I doing?' Justin Moore
book fall reading
I haven't had a chance to pick up a good book in a long time, because I've been either reading scripts or learning them or writing them. And so, by the time the day is done, I usually just want to click on The Bachelor and fall asleep. But I gravitate toward biographies and things like that. Justin Theroux
book reading focus
Actually, I'm reading a lot of my scripts. When I'm working on something, it's hard to find time. You're always prepping new material. You don't want to be buried in a book. It splits your focus a little bit.
book writing sick
I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the day the first book was accepted, I never got sick again. Writing changed my life. Judy Blume
book kids thinking
I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.
book people treats
I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.
book library four
I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four...
book character ideas
Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new people. Books helped me learn to understand other people and they taught me a lot about myself. ... Some books you never forget. Some characters become your friends for life.
book thinking creative
The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.
book writing challenges
When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.
book writing kids
I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.
book writing thinking
When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.
book writing important
I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I don't want to write the same thing over and over again.
book fighting offensive
Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.
book character writing
The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.
book writing want
The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.
book editors titles
I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.
book kids needs
Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.
book character writing
I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year or two or three with these characters because if I don't, then I shouldn't be writing about them.
book character thinking
I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are going to feed each scene or the character as a whole Josh Lucas