#boo

If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#considered #lot #read #tv #watch

It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section. ↗

— Mel Torme

#arranging #article #articles #aside #barracks

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#even #good #good book #life #life story

I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it! ↗

— Joanna Trollope

#book #done #i #into #new

When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#crap #deep #i #people #prison

Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was essentially defensive, the very reverse of a killer, the prize fighter who read books, even Shakespeare. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#books #could #defensive #enough #essentially

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#also #between #books #even #everything

We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath. ↗

— Ville Valo

#aware #bands #booze #early #early age

When I'm writing the book I'm laughing at just how overblown the characters seemed. How full of himself he seems. But I didn't get far enough in the series to really drive the joke of it home. ↗

— Jhonen Vasquez

#characters #drive #enough #far #full

The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness. ↗

— Chris Ware

#afford #anybody #books #i #innate