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Books Quotes

On reading, writing, and what gets remembered.

Some of these lines are wry, joking that certain statements run longer than the books someone has actually read. Related: Story.

I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.

Quotes by Ahmet Zappa

I love to decorate a room - from the furniture to the objects to the books.

Quotes by Aerin Lauder

I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

I was a promising keeper as a kid and, at 15 and 16, was on the books of Crewe Alexandra.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

Emotion Quotes

All my books center around death in some way.

Quotes by Adam Silvera

I don't write books inadvertently.

Quotes by A. N. Wilson

Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for me.

Quotes by Yotam Ottolenghi

His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.

Quotes by William Shenstone

My study is a converted garage which is largely lined with bookshelves and cardboard boxes filled with manuscripts of my film scripts, plays and books.

Quotes by William Nicholson

Escape Quotes

Films are always different from books.

Quotes by William Kircher

I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.

Quotes by William Landay

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

Quotes by William Dean Howells

I have personally seen statements that were longer than some books I have read.

Quotes by Wendell H. Ford

Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.

Quotes by Walter Benjamin

Knowledge Quotes

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Quotes by W. H. Auden

I've been reading a lot of books on history, and watching a lot of educational TV. Wikipedia too, even though it is not reliable.

Quotes by Vir Das

I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.

Quotes by Ville Valo

We don't have a superhero culture. Comic books and superheroes are part of American culture. We have 'Amar Chitrakatha,' etc.

Quotes by Vikramaditya Motwane

Very wonderful books might be published, and very terrible books might be published.

Quotes by Victoria Strauss

Story Quotes

It was a bit unimaginable when I began that I'd ever get to 25 books. But it was also unimaginable how much crime-writing would have changed.

Quotes by Val McDermid

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote comparing personal statements to entire books?
Yes: "I have personally seen statements that were longer than some books I have read." It's a wry comment on excessive length, not necessarily about books themselves.
Is there an old saying about books and public quarrels?
Yes, an old aphorism: "Books and harlots have their quarrels in public." It's a classic saying about disputes that play out visibly rather than privately.
Is there a quote about books that are forgotten versus remembered?
Yes: "Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered." It suggests some good books get overlooked, but no bad book is unfairly celebrated.
Is there a quote criticizing recipe books?
Yes: "Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for me."
Where can I find more quotes about knowledge or storytelling?
Try Knowledge quotes or Story quotes for related themes, or Wisdom quotes for more reflective content.

Others weigh which books get unfairly forgotten against which are undeservedly kept in memory, and one takes cookbooks to task for recipes nobody can realistically make at home. See also Knowledge and Escape.