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Book Quotes

When you meet someone for the first time, that’s not the whole book. That’s just the first page Picture Quote #1

When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be able to spend a day reading a book, the realization dawns that perhaps the situation has become a little more stressful than you would like Picture Quote #1

How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books? Picture Quote #1

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history Picture Quote #1

Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year Picture Quote #1

One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all of them really is avoid that simple, easy, reductionist view of motivation and to show we do things for a complex net of reasons, a real braid of reasons Picture Quote #1

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I enjoyed doing the gag covers better than the story ones because they were usually simpler. A cover based on an incident in the plot took a great deal of staging to tell a little story that was still part of the book. And it had to make sense on its own Picture Quote #1

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter Picture Quote #1

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought Picture Quote #1

I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time Picture Quote #1

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time afterwards Picture Quote #1

I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it’s become increasingly sweeter for me Picture Quote #1

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I’ve heard every pie joke in the book. I’m still waiting for an original one Picture Quote #1

A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways Picture Quote #1

We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain Picture Quote #1

If you love a book you tend not to follow its surface value, you follow the other things in it Picture Quote #1

I would like to have the superpower of being able to touch a book and then gain all the knowledge out of that book without spending hours and days reading it Picture Quote #1

A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early Picture Quote #1

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My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don’t talk about heat as an ingredient, I don’t quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes Picture Quote #1

I simply went down there to catch up with an old mate of mine, who owns the place. He’s the one who wrote the book on the place, but no, no movie, just a beer Picture Quote #1

Don’t write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing Picture Quote #1

I can’t pick out one single book that had such a profound personal impact Picture Quote #1

When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I’ve found it hard to read as much as I’d like, children, work, and pets all providing powerful incentives to escape into a book and a practical reason why I rarely do so Picture Quote #1

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable Picture Quote #1

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Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that’s how I started doing children’s books Picture Quote #1

Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index Picture Quote #1

In the initial season of a show, you’re figuring out your character and their life and their background and you’re putting together all the chapters of the book Picture Quote #1

Dreamland is a book, but it’s my song in book form. It’s translated itself into a different medium Picture Quote #1

I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me because of the warning. They knew this book was not going to be the official line Picture Quote #1

The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it’s icy, and I’m in bare feet Picture Quote #1

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When you meet someone for the first time, that’s not the whole book. That’s just the first page (Book Quotes) When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be able to spend a day reading a book, the realization dawns that perhaps the situation has become a little more stressful than you would like (Book Quotes) How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books? (Book Quotes) With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history (Book Quotes) Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year (Book Quotes) One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all of them really is avoid that simple, easy, reductionist view of motivation and to show we do things for a complex net of reasons, a real braid of reasons (Book Quotes) I enjoyed doing the gag covers better than the story ones because they were usually simpler. A cover based on an incident in the plot took a great deal of staging to tell a little story that was still part of the book. And it had to make sense on its own (Book Quotes) He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter (Book Quotes) There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought (Book Quotes) I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time (Book Quotes) It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time afterwards (Book Quotes) I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it’s become increasingly sweeter for me (Book Quotes) I’ve heard every pie joke in the book. I’m still waiting for an original one (Book Quotes) A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways (Book Quotes) We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain (Book Quotes) If you love a book you tend not to follow its surface value, you follow the other things in it (Book Quotes) I would like to have the superpower of being able to touch a book and then gain all the knowledge out of that book without spending hours and days reading it (Book Quotes) A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early (Book Quotes) My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don’t talk about heat as an ingredient, I don’t quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes (Book Quotes) I simply went down there to catch up with an old mate of mine, who owns the place. He’s the one who wrote the book on the place, but no, no movie, just a beer (Book Quotes) Don’t write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing (Book Quotes) I can’t pick out one single book that had such a profound personal impact (Book Quotes) When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I’ve found it hard to read as much as I’d like, children, work, and pets all providing powerful incentives to escape into a book and a practical reason why I rarely do so (Book Quotes) The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable (Book Quotes) Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that’s how I started doing children’s books (Book Quotes) Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index (Book Quotes) In the initial season of a show, you’re figuring out your character and their life and their background and you’re putting together all the chapters of the book (Book Quotes) Dreamland is a book, but it’s my song in book form. It’s translated itself into a different medium (Book Quotes) I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me because of the warning. They knew this book was not going to be the official line (Book Quotes) The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it’s icy, and I’m in bare feet (Book Quotes)

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