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Books Quotes
"If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it."
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"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written."
138
"But everything of value about me is in my books."
130
"Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters."
124
"Marvel books also feed into the smaller publishers and the fact that this is happening in the same month we're launching Ultimate Fantastic Four is no coincidence."
123
"Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone."
110
"Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find."
87
"Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!"
76
"I never read a single book as a child. I did not read as a child. I worked on the farm. I had books in the classroom, but that was it. I never read a single book outside of the classroom."
71
"Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did it better."
66
"Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen."
61
"I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually finished the book and enjoyed it, and they're going on to read another book. I'm thrilled that they have figured out that reading is fun."
61
"Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness."
59
"Producing came about because I never wanted to be in one of those books, Where Are They Now?"
59
"It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents."
55
"One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing."
54
"Last year I think I made more from my Image books than anywhere else."
54
"I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader learns more about her, but from Kinsey's perspective, only three years have passed while the rest of us have been getting older at a much faster clip."
52
"Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule."
51
"If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come."
50
"I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels."
50
"Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon."
49
"I've written many nonfiction books, but that's a special gift."
49
"There are a couple of carp fishing books I've been reading. I'm very interested in that line of books, because I think they write very well, carp anglers, about the general environment."
49
"And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers."
47
"This hand is not very active always, because it was in this hand that I carried my books. My carrying hand was always my strongest. Now I think my other hand has developed more muscles from signing all those autographs."
47
"It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can."
47
"I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer."
47
"I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter."
46
"Books are something which by the words breaths when you stop writing it stops it's own proccess = breathing.."
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