#book

I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I was like, 'Holy cow, what else am I missing out on?' ↗

— Sean Astin

#actually #am #books #bookstore #cow

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? ↗

— David Attenborough

#book #elephant #except #grandchildren #happy

My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate. ↗

— Victor Cruz

#biggest #book #dying #me #mom

Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense. ↗

— Carol Gilligan

#book #felt #how #made #many

Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

#cents #course #grain #hated #hemingway

I read all the time... I read a lot of history books. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

#history #history books #i #lot #read

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#children #feelings #i #like #me

Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise in my children's books in a way I wouldn't dare when writing for adults. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#books #children #complicated #dare #i

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#books #dead #his #hope #i

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#am #book #crusades #dull #i