#book

Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#because #book #books #card #cash

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#books #ever #i #kid #since

I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#bed #books #department #gay #good

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#apartment #bad #behind #book #earn

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books. ↗

— G. H. Hardy

#men #old #old men #prove #should

I don't have the time to curl up on my couch with a good book. ↗

— Angie Harmon

#couch #curl #good #good book #i

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#books #care #enjoy #i #i care

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#ago #asked #because #books #both

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#book #buy #i #rarely #read

With this book, I truly hope to reach everyone that I don't bump into on the street and share my story. ↗

— Teri Hatcher

#bump #everyone #hope #i #into