Good Book Quotes
Quotes celebrating the power of a good book
From the idea that a great book can be enjoyed by readers of every age to the notion that authors themselves learn the most from their own work, these good book quotes explore why stories matter. See more in our Book collection.
I've always thought that a good book should be either the entry point inward, to learn about yourself, or a door outward, to open you up to new worlds.
Readers really want to come back to an author; they do not want a one-book wonder. That is all very well, but to be career author, you have to be prepared to write one really good book and then write...
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I checked to see if there'd been a really good book published in the last few decades. Then I started with what Cleopatra would have read, asking myself, 'What can we know about her education?' It turns out to be...
A good book ought to bring out lots of different responses from those that read it - none of them pre-planned, and all of them very personal. Whatever they take away from the reading of the book is valuable.
Bad Quotes
What makes a good book and what makes a good movie are totally different things.
One of the joys of a really good book is that you're so into the world of the book, you forget what you're looking at is words on a page.
I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so...
Every really good book was written a little at a time, over time, in tremendous confusion and doubt.
Don't get me wrong, I love watching episodes of my favorite shows on Hulu and reading the daily trash on PageSix, but I also embrace the opportunity to settle down with a good book and let my mind travel to...
Best Quotes
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
There were times over the years when life was not easy, but if you're working a few hours a day and you've got a good book to read, and you can go outside to the beach and dig for clams,...
Book Quotes
I blurbed a nice book, not at all like my book 'The Big Oyster,' called 'The Essential Oyster.' I blurbed a pretty good book about meat called 'Meathooked.'
There's nothing better than curling up with a good book and sitting in front of the fire on winter evenings.
It is a lot harder to write a good book or a good column in a persuasive way without making fun of someone or ridiculing them.
I daily disconnect and read a good book or listen to a good sermon or call a friend or my mom and talk on the phone with my feet up. I also take baths with bath salts that I make...
Daily Quotes
You don't need to have kids to write a good book for kids. I don't want my kids to see themselves in my books. Their lives should be their lives.
