#book

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard. ↗

— David Walliams

#afternoon #book #children #could #hard

Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you've actually changed their life in some way. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#book #books #changed #favorite #feel

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#bad #books #course #craving #duty

In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are new books coming out and new ideas being discussed. But these new books and ideas don't reach Africa and we are being left behind. ↗

— George Weah

#america #behind #being #books #coming

I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked. ↗

— Len Wein

#books #brought #comic #comic books #dad

The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#actually #belief #believe #between #books

I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#angry #being #books #daughter #hang

I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#also #america #books #children #entertaining

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. ↗

— Rebecca West

#banned #book #forbid #god #indefensible

I write books to find out about things. ↗

— Rebecca West

#books #find #i #i write #out