It often requires more courage to read some books than it does to fight a battle.

Unlearned men of books assume the care, As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.

A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.

To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison.

Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.

As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book.

The Big L was cold crazy, A top-notch crook snatchin pocket books from old ladies

In my opinion, what makes a great book is something that is universally specific.

If you can inspire a kid that's maybe the best part of being a comic book artist.

There must be a secret hidden in this book or else you wouldn't bother to read it

Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.

Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

I knew that if I was going to write a book, I was going to have to read one, too.

I'm a very slow reader, and books of interviews are an absolute favorite of mine.

This book of Montaigne the world has endorsed by translating it into all tongues.

It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book.

Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

A good friend is like a wonderful book, the inside is even better than the cover!

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

We live for books. A sweet mission in this world dominated by disorder and decay.

I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me.

Each of my book arrives at a form and a style that is appropriate to the subject.

Books cannot teach God, but they can destroy ignorance; their action is negative.

Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader's senses

The summer movies are coming out. My advice: just stay home and burn a good book.

Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.

Scar Tissue is the only book Ive ever written when Ive felt completely toxic, ill.

I'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough.

A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.

A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.

From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.

The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

Do I think there's life after death? No, I think my books are my life after death.

The most important thing is to go out and see the stars, not to see them in books.

More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have.

The dark night was the first book of poetry and the constellations were the poems.

When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

My father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little.

Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you

A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.

Old Marley was dead as a doornail... The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.

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