Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jenny Nimmo

I had written two or three books before my husband noticed that in every one of them a family member was missing. He suggested that it was because my father's death, when I was five, utterly changed my world. I can only suppose he is right and that this is the reason I am drawn to a narrative where someone's life is changed by loss.

I had written several books about Kansas railroads and related places to see.

John le Carre

If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level.

It integrates everything that is important to them: games, friends, sports, e-mail, music, books, movies and, when they have time, homework,

It is a great thing for him to have read so many books. You just don't usually hear that about a first-grader.

Michael Vaughan

I think the newspaper headline might have over-exaggerated the comments in the book,

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all.

I was browsing through some books in a local bookstore, thinking of a special thing to do for God during Lent, when the idea of writing the musical hit me.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

I was an early reader, reading even before kindergarten, and since we did not have books in my home, my older brother, Alexander, was responsible for our trip every week to the public library to exchange books already read for new ones to be read.

I was a librarian years ago, and I really liked reading the fun books (to kids) because the kids would always run and check those books out later. It did get them excited about reading, and I'm happy to see that.

Marly Youmans

It is probably true that I would not have had as many children or mothers in my books without being a mother with children. It is definitely true that I would not have written about the Civil War without having a little guy who was obsessed with it.

O. J. Simpson

It is so important for parents to read in front of their child, so the child knows how much reading can teach them, ... I make sure I am reading books around my children to set good examples for reading throughout life.

Going on a diet doesn't mean limiting your foods. So many food shows and books are geared toward healthier, lighter cooking. Your choices are endless. People have to realize that cooking at home takes extra time and work, but there's a big long-term pay off.

Michel Faber

History proves that most writers get forgotten anyway. That's very likely to happen to my books, and if I'm extremely lucky, maybe one of my books will survive.

Lykke Li

I don't relate to the 'Twilight' books or movies at all, but I'm obsessed with it as a pop culture phenomenon - all these people just screaming like it was the Beatles.

I don't think we need another law on the books to cover that subject.

From the publisher's point of view, there are lots of issues because students buy books and sell them back. Future students might only buy the used textbooks.

Fortunately, in talking with the classroom teacher, she shared with me that the children recently read a couple of books on loss -- 'Charlotte's Web' and 'The Taste of Blackberries,' ... The children had an opportunity to discuss feelings and talk about what it meant to lose someone and to share with each other.

Howard Stern

I got books full of notes, like a mental patient. I wish I could plug a wire into my head and play it for everyone.

We may as well wipe it off the books.

We made some crucial turnovers. In my book, a turnover is a four-point swing.

HR (human resource) books are very popular in India and are in great demand.

John Burnside

Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.

He was obviously bright, a good lawyer, and served his clients well. When it got to be 5 p.m., he closed his law books and went home. He didn't fuss over things.

Holly Black

One of my favorite things in books is watching someone make the mistake. You know it's going to happen. You keep thinking: 'Don't do it!' But of course they're going to do it. It's riveting. You learn through them that it's okay. It's the ecstatic fall, where you watch someone make that terrible decision, and there's such pleasure in it.

Andrew Wyatt

I was a total music nerd. I grew up on Perry Street in the '80s. My father wrote books about jazz, so I was always at the 'Village Vanguard.'

I was really proud of our daughters. My youngest, who is 3, donated her two favorite books and said she wanted a little one to have them.

I was really proud of our daughters, ... My youngest, who is 3, donated her two favorite books and said she wanted a little one to have them.

I was surprised at this concept, but I think it's a fun and interesting way to get people to take interest in books and come visit the library.

Mark Millar

I wouldn't let kids near half the stuff I've written so it is quite lovely to pass these little books out to children when they visit the house.

I wouldn't want to see people giving one company hundreds of thousands of books and thinking it doesn't matter, when in fact it does.

I would recommend books weigh between two and three pounds.

I guess it's a pretty big weekend for both of us. I'm preparing for another big step in my career at Texas. Tiger is looking to place himself in the record books again. I'm sure we're both excited for different reasons.