#boo

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#become #bestseller #books #del #did

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#after #book #even #i #next

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#basic #book #each #hand #hold

'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path that I follow to this day. This is the only cookbook I've ever read that understands how men really eat: over the sink, in the dark, greasy to the elbows. ↗

— Alton Brown

#cookbook #cooking #dark #day #eat

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#books #come #ideas #me #through

I simply went down there to catch up with an old mate of mine, who owns the place. He's the one who wrote the book on the place, but no, no movie, just a beer. ↗

— Bryan Brown

#book #catch #down #i #just

My life has been an open book, for better or for worse. ↗

— Blake Shelton

#better #book #life #my life #open

Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing. ↗

— Louise Brown

#commission #doing #other #plenty #publishers

I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas. ↗

— Louise Brown

#book #i #nepal #nonfiction #novel

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places. ↗

— Louise Brown

#been #books #cumulative #hearing #importance