#books

the best of Cervantes is untranslatable, and this undeniable fact is in itself an incentive [for one and all] to learn Spanish. ↗

— Aubrey F.G. Bell

#cervantes #don-quixote #great-books #man-of-la-mancha #modern-library

Consider the millions who are buying those modern Aladdin’s lamps called e-readers. These magical devices, ever more beautiful and nimble in design, have only to be lightly rubbed for the genie of literature to be summoned. ↗

— Steve Wasserman

#the-amazon-effect #the-nation #beauty

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. ↗

— Anatole France

#contain #dull #extremely #history #history books

My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are the emblem of indifference, dryness and bad taste. My father is also terribly stingy, in life as well as in feelings: I have never seen him filling up the bathtub. ↗

— Vincent Gallo

#bad #bad taste #bathtub #books #emblem

You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you. ↗

— Stan Getz

#listen #musicians #play #read #records

And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers. ↗

— Rube Goldberg

#also #books #cartoons #got #i

I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development. ↗

— Sandra Brown

#books #character #character development #development #harder

Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time. ↗

— Dick Bruna

#books #changed #early #i #lot

I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was. ↗

— Dick Bruna

#altogether #always #author #bond #books

They offered me millions and millions and millions of dollars to write books about Cary. That was between us. That was private. I'll always love him. ↗

— Dyan Cannon

#always #between #books #cary #dollars