Quotes about boo
book reading-literature writing-and-reading
What you read when you don't have to... Oscar Wilde
book men two
The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the one the critic of the Book of Nature, the other the critic of the books of God. Not to recognise this is to miss the meaning of one of the most important eras in the progress of the world.
book pity written
A book or poem which has no pity in it had better not be written.
book men criticism
No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.
book writing reading-literature
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
book twilight beer
At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.
book writing long
The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say. Maeve Binchy
book writing exercise
When I was younger, I avoided exercise or anything strenuous. I didn't even enjoy walking. As I got older, I spent so much time marking books or sitting at a desk writing that there was no room for exercise - not that I would have bothered anyway.
book average feet
I've always wanted to be taller. I feel like a shrimp, but that's the way it goes. I'm five-foot four-and-a-half-inches - that's actually average. Everything about me is average. Everything's normal, in the books. It's the things inside me that make me not average. Madonna Ciccone
boots looks ready
Are you ready boots? Start Walking.....never look back. # artforfreedom # revolutionoflove
book thinking truth-is
Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book.
book numbers
I had Elvis' number in my book and I never called it. Mac Davis
book years squares
In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return. Ma Jian
book beijing banned
I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
book play guitar
When I was about 15, I picked up the guitar and learned how to play by going through Beatles chords books. I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. M. Ward
book kids community
I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book. Macaulay Culkin
book funny-things firsts
The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
book female acquaintance
I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book. Lydia M. Child
book emotional roles
I read the first book about five times while I was preparing for the role. I really wanted to completely embody Lissa and, naturally the book gave me much deeper psychological and emotional insight into Lissa than the script. Lucy Fry
book light offering
How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering Louis Kahn
book thinking make-you-think
A book is valuable not only for what it says but for what it makes you think, or causes you to remember. No matter what you wish to do or become there are books to teach you, help you, guide you. Louis L'Amour
book learning wish
Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects are more lasting. My education came from books, and they have been my companions by many campfires, in bunkhouses, ships' forecastles, in hotels and on planes. No matter where you find me, I am never far from a book.
book waiting forever
A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting.
book ideas giving
One thing has always been true: That book or that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend.
book writing past
If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If you write about something that took place west of the Mississippi, it's a 'Western'- and somehow regarded as a lesser work. I write historical novels about the frontier.
book dark light
I have read my books by many lights, hoarding their beauty, their wit or wisdom against the dark days when I would have no book, nor a place to read. I have known hunger of the belly kind many times over, but I have known a worse hunger: the need to know and to learn.
book thinking make-you-think
A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.
boots matter rooms
No matter that you anticipate a thing; you get so used to it as part of the future that its actuality, its arrival, its force and presence, startles you, takes you by surprise, as would a ghost suddenly appearing in the room wearing familiar perfume and boots. Lorrie Moore
book library
It is like having a book out from the library. It is like constantly having a book out from the library.
book answers littles
Books have always been living things to me. Some of my encounters with new authors have changed my life a little. When I have been perplexed, looking for something I could not define to myself, a certain book has turned up, approached me as a friend would. And between it's cover carried the questions and the answers I was looking for. Liv Ullmann
book writing self
I had self-doubt about whether my story was interesting to people. I didn't want to write something that was anecdotal. It was important to me that people would get something out of my book. I want people to read it and say, "Now I don't feel so alone," or "I'm going to remember that next time I'm being an asshole." Lizz Winstead
book writing simple
The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book. Margaret Mahy
book writing librarian
When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a librarian it was expected that I would know about a wide range of books.