Arthur C. Clarke Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• I'm sure we would not have had men on the Moon if it had not been for Wells and Verne and the people who write about this and made people think about it. I'm rather proud of the fact that I know several astronauts who became astronauts through reading my books.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Book, Reading, Writing

• No trilogy should have more than four books.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Book, Writing, Should Have

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2001: A Space Odyssey”, p.17, RosettaBooks

• A well-stocked mind is safe from boredom.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Book, Reading, Boredom

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “Childhood’s End”, p.125, RosettaBooks

• In accordance with the terms of the Clarke-Asimov treaty, the second-best science writer dedicates this book to the second-best science-fiction writer. [dedication to Isaac Asimov from Arthur C. Clarke in his book Report on Planet Three]

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Book, Dedication, Three

• Sometimes when I'm in a bookstore or library, I am overwhelmed by all the things that I do not know. Then I am seized by a powerful desire to read all the books, one by one.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Powerful, Book, Desire

  Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee (2012). “Rama II”, p.412, RosettaBooks

• When I start on a book, I have been thinking about it and making occasional notes for some time... So I have lots of theme, locale, subjects and technical ideas... I don't worry about long periods of not doing anything. I know my subconscious is busy.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Book, Thinking, Ideas

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