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Book Quotes

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books Picture Quote #1

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads Picture Quote #1

In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written about in Entertainment Weekly, and it was kind of cool because my mom asked me if Entertainment Weekly was a magazine or a newspaper Picture Quote #1

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired Picture Quote #1

The painful warrior famoused for fight, after a thousand victories once foiled, is from the book of honor rased quite, and all the rest forgot for which he toiled Picture Quote #1

O God! That one might read the book of fate, and see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, weary of solid firmness, melt itself into the sea! Picture Quote #1

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There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning Picture Quote #1

I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. I've started a record label, so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music, which is a passion of mine. I've written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show, which is always really fun Picture Quote #1

My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12 to 13 hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired Picture Quote #1

Now the good gods forbid that our renowned Rome, whose gratitude towards her deserved children is enrolled in Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam should now eat up her own! Picture Quote #1

I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage Picture Quote #1

A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It's not about inventing Picture Quote #1

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He plays o' th' viol - de - gamboys, and speaks three or four languages word for word without book, and hath all the good gifts of nature Picture Quote #1

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written Picture Quote #1

A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel Picture Quote #1

I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending and I decided to go back and re-read the book and see if I could come up with an ending Picture Quote #1

I feel like if I'm going to give you a book about my dad, then I really want to give you my dad, because he is interesting and he is funny and if you're buying a book about him, I don't want you to have to sit through stuff that's not him Picture Quote #1

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum Picture Quote #1

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I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book. And I began putting more work into environmental history Picture Quote #1

After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful Picture Quote #1

That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic Picture Quote #1

This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world Picture Quote #1

First person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success Picture Quote #1

That book in many's eyes doth share the glory, that in gold clasps locks in the golden story; so shall you share all that he doth possess, by having him making yourself no less Picture Quote #1

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Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess Picture Quote #1

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never Picture Quote #1

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting Picture Quote #1

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry Picture Quote #1

There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry Picture Quote #1

A book? O, rare one, be not, as is our fangled world, a garment nobler than that it covers Picture Quote #1

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A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books (Book Quotes) Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads (Book Quotes) In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written about in Entertainment Weekly, and it was kind of cool because my mom asked me if Entertainment Weekly was a magazine or a newspaper (Book Quotes) Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired (Book Quotes) The painful warrior famoused for fight, after a thousand victories once foiled, is from the book of honor rased quite, and all the rest forgot for which he toiled (Book Quotes) O God! That one might read the book of fate, and see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, weary of solid firmness, melt itself into the sea! (Book Quotes) There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning (Book Quotes) I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. I've started a record label, so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music, which is a passion of mine. I've written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show, which is always really fun (Book Quotes) My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12 to 13 hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired (Book Quotes) Now the good gods forbid that our renowned Rome, whose gratitude towards her deserved children is enrolled in Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam should now eat up her own! (Book Quotes) I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage (Book Quotes) A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It's not about inventing (Book Quotes) He plays o' th' viol - de - gamboys, and speaks three or four languages word for word without book, and hath all the good gifts of nature (Book Quotes) I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written (Book Quotes) A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel (Book Quotes) I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending and I decided to go back and re-read the book and see if I could come up with an ending (Book Quotes) I feel like if I'm going to give you a book about my dad, then I really want to give you my dad, because he is interesting and he is funny and if you're buying a book about him, I don't want you to have to sit through stuff that's not him (Book Quotes) In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum (Book Quotes) I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book. And I began putting more work into environmental history (Book Quotes) After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful (Book Quotes) That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic (Book Quotes) This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world (Book Quotes) First person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success (Book Quotes) That book in many's eyes doth share the glory, that in gold clasps locks in the golden story; so shall you share all that he doth possess, by having him making yourself no less (Book Quotes) Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess (Book Quotes) A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never (Book Quotes) I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting (Book Quotes) If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry (Book Quotes) There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry (Book Quotes) A book? O, rare one, be not, as is our fangled world, a garment nobler than that it covers (Book Quotes)

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