#books

If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. ↗

— H.G. Wells

#writing-books

I like to get ten pages a day, which amounts to 2,000 words. That’s 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish length for a book — something in which the reader can get happily lost, if the tale is done well and stays fresh. ↗

— Stephen King

#writing-books

A lie was something you told because you were mean or a coward. A story was something you made up out of something that might have happened. Only you didn't tell it like it was, you told it like you thought it should have been. ↗

— Betty Smith

#writing #writing-books

In a weak moment, I have written a book. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#writing-books

I guess there are never enough books. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#reading #sufficiency #reading-books

We live and breathe words. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#living #reading #words #reading-books

Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other? ↗

— David Baldacci

#peace #people #reading #world #reading-books

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures. ↗

— George W. Bush

#dumb #reading #reading-books

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#books #i #i write #lot #orphans

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#believes #bestowed #books #characters #free