#boo

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#cut #dreams #either #swords #words

Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#bought #bound #boy #british #children

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#addict #admire #books #characters #created

My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so much that the case could be made that everybody around the world ought to have a vote in determining some of its policies. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#around #because #book #case #could

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#believe #book #characteristic #energy #force

I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!' ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#feel #give #i #i feel #i feel like

There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it. ↗

— Vince Flynn

#cover #lot #more #publishing #slapping

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#death #independence #nadine-gordimer #writing #death

If you think you have it tough, read history books. ↗

— Bill Maher

#history #history books #read #story books #think

Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative. ↗

— Ken Follett

#books #characters #decorative #masculine #often