Quotes about book
book age titles
I'd say that [Louis] Brandeis practiced a kind of a "living originalism," to use the title of Jack Balkin's great book. He said you start with the paradigm case, which in the case of the Fourth Amendment was these general warrants or writs of assistance, but you define it at a level of abstraction that you can take it into our age and make it our own. Jeffrey Rosen
book writing thinking
But as I wrote the book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet], I tried to write it as clearly and directly and passionately as possible just thinking of communicating to readers who might want to learn about this great thinker and be inspired by him as I was.
book hook republican
We shouldn't let the Republicans off the hook. Theodore Roosevelt, we learned from Jeff Cowan's new book, was just as bad as certainly [Louis] Brandeis was, or many Democrats were on the question of segregation.
book writing thinking
When I read any book, if it's really good I get lost in the writing whether it's fiction or non-fiction. I'm in the story not thinking about who wrote it.
book years two
What I hear about the book does not sound like the Scott McClellan I knew for two years. I can say, without fear of contradiction, that I knew Scott better than any other White House correspondent or Washington reporter. Jeff Gannon
book ideas fiction
I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part. Jean M. Auel
book writing challenges
Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.
book simple perspective
Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.
book thinking long
I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I'm not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books.
book writing people
I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.
book thinking people
I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.
book language international
When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies. Jean-Jacques Annaud
book london modern
When Gordon the Brown, in London in 1997, commissioned a great inquisition or survey of his new realm, the result was the so-called national asset register, which was immediately dubbed by the boomers of the UK Treasury 'the modern Domesday Book.' James Buchan
book thinking people
Contrary to what people think, I slave over my books. James A. Michener
book self differences
Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference.
book people wish
Many people who want to be writers don't really want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print.
book world wonder
I often wonder what I'd do if there weren't any books in the world. James A. Baldwin
book thinking rocks
Years ago, when he was around fourteen, he'd been all hipped on the idea of going to India. He read books about people sitting on rocks, naked, in all kinds of weather, but mostly bad, naturally, and walking barefoot through hot coals and arriving at wisdom. I used to say that it sounded to me as though they were getting away from wisdom as fast as they could. I think he sort of looked down on me for that.
book dark voyages
You go into a book and you're in the dark, really. You go in with a certain fear and trembling. You know one thing. You know you will not be the same person when this voyage is over. But you don't know what's going to happen to you between getting on the boat and stepping off.
book reading hands
I started reading. I read everything I could get my hands on...By the time I was thirteen I had read myself out of Harlem. I had read every book in two libraries and had a card for the Forty-Second Street branch.
book voice
God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead.
book writing people
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.
book kids comic-book
I'm a huge comic book fan - me and the kids. Jada Pinkett Smith
book party nerd
Anyways, I am a nerd, bookworm, geek... whatever you want to call me. I'm the type of person that would rather sit down and read a good book than go out and party. Jacqueline Emerson
book interesting childhood
I really don't know but I would quote for a book from JACQUELINE WILSON which is a very interesting book of her childhood. Jacqueline Wilson
book numbers people
A new book is just like any new product, like a detergent. You have to acquaint people with it. They have to know it's there. You only get to be number one when the public knows about you. Jacqueline Susann
book riches
One always has riches when one has a book to read. Jacqueline Winspear
book humble perspective
As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble. Jackie Joyner-Kersee
book reflection men
To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist is a sensitive man, warm, funny, and full of insight. Michael's book 'Moonwalk', provides a startling glimpse of the artist at work and the artist in reflection. Jackie Kennedy
book done wonderful
If you produce one book, you will have done something wonderful in your life.
book editors publishing
One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the author.
book reading literacy
Love of books is the best of all.
book writing done
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. Jack Vance