#book

I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#because #books #british #eccentric #english

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#again #asked #book #buy #did

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #focus #genre #lot #mind

I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #done #every #fifteen #hundred

To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#been #blessed #book #close #could

Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about. ↗

— Britney Spears

#book #every #every night #i #mind

Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

#books #every #i #i think #inspired

The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else. ↗

— Anna Garlin Spencer

#daily #demoralized #developed #education #else

Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script, so hopefully that's going to happen at some point in our careers. ↗

— Penelope Spheeris

#been #blacks #book #careers #dogs

I always have been and will remain someone who loves real, 3D, substantial books. And I don't believe that it's a wistful, nostalgic interest like vinyl collectors. It's not the same thing. ↗

— Art Spiegelman

#been #believe #books #collectors #i