Book Quotes - Page 20

• Pay attention to your passions. They are the key to starting and finishing the book you are meant to write. I don't believe in talent. I believe in passion.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Believe, Passion, Writing

  The Writers Write Interview, writerswrite.co.za. February 10, 2015.

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• I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read would probably put you directly into a coma.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Ideas, Physics, Quantum

  Source: www.goodreads.com

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• When I first thought of being a writer I had visions of stacks of books in stores with my name on them, that sort of thing. But I never imagined this would be the reaction.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Names, Vision, Would Be

  Source: blogcritics.org

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• A lot of being a writer doesn't have anything to do with writing. It's ironic - I have to squeeze the books in, even though that's what it's all about.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Writing, Ironic

  Source: www.bookslut.com

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• It's weird - sort of not terribly wise - to take a book that was successful and then change its cover.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Wise, Successful

  Source: www.bookslut.com

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• When I write a novel, I have what I think of as an icon that helps get me into the world of the book.

  Anna Quindlen

  Writing, Thinking, Icons

  Source: www.writersdigest.com

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• I can't begin to predict how news will be delivered to readers in, say, 100 years. But I do know one thing that hasn't changed: Whatever the delivery system, whether it's a magazine, book or blog, people like vivid writing, strong stories and credible people. So while the venue is changing rapidly, human nature isn't, which I find soothing.

  Anna Quindlen

  Strong, Writing, Years

  Source: www.writersdigest.com

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• Writing for UrbanMoms has awarded me a multitude of amazing opportunities. I have traveled to new places; alone and with my family. I have discovered new products, new books, new trends and new restaurants, and been able to share them with my readers. I've met other wonderful writers and many incredible celebrities.

  Anna Quindlen

  Writing, Opportunity, Amazing Opportunities

  Source: urbanmoms.ca

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• It's also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book!

  Andy Andrews

  People, Stories, Easier

  "The Noticer Returns Interview". Interview, www.andyandrews.com. October 3, 2013.

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• I understand that what I am to do is to be a bridge between the people who would never set foot in a church in their entire lives and people who would like to get them there. So I write books that Christians can give to their non-Christian friends that they will actually read.

  Andy Andrews

  Christian, Writing, Bridges

  "Andy Andrews Interview: Modern Day Will Rogers Details His Latest Novel, 'The Noticer'". Interview with Melissa Parker, smashinginterviews.com. June 11, 2009.

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• People tend to read books about a guy who goes back in time or a guy who is living under a pier.

  Andy Andrews

  People, Guy, Piers

  "Andy Andrews Interview: Modern Day Will Rogers Details His Latest Novel, 'The Noticer'". Interview with Melissa Parker, smashinginterviews.com. June 11, 2009.

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• I'm not saying don't do the work you got, but instead of this two hours of watching TV at the hotel lobby or this three hours of sitting under the pier and reading comic books or worrying about what you're doing ... what value do you have? Can you read? There are people out there who can't read - go read to them.

  Andy Andrews

  Reading, Two, Hotel Lobby

  "Andy Andrews Interview: Modern Day Will Rogers Details His Latest Novel, 'The Noticer'". Interview with Melissa Parker, smashinginterviews.com. June 11, 2009.

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• I was 13 and my mom was a librarian so I told her to check out every music book she could possibly find. I wanted to know the business part of being in the music business.

  Juicy J

  Mom, Librarian, Checks

  Source: www.deathandtaxesmag.com

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• I knew about the music. I got that part but I wanted to know the business, I wanted to know about royalties, how people got paid, producers and stuff like that so I read all those books like twice.

  Juicy J

  People, Stuff, Royalty

  Source: www.deathandtaxesmag.com

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• I just keep my ear to the street. I haven't read any music books recently, because I figure I read everything I need to know back when I was 12, 13 years old. I know pretty much everything about record publishing, radio stations. The only thing that's changed is you gotta keep up with social media. It's free promotion.

  Juicy J

  Media, Years, Needs

  Source: www.timeout.com

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• I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It was really interesting to think of how different Asian and Western cultures are as a result of the kinds of agricultural practices that our ancestors used for thousands of years. The life of a Chinese peasant in the Middle Ages was so dramatically different from the life of a European peasant - night and day different.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Writing, Night, Thinking

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• I always resist seeing my own personal motivation in my work, but I guess it must be there on some level. And I do feel very much that my life follows the kinds of things I talk about in my books. I've always thought of myself as an insanely lucky person, so perhaps the success of my first two books led me to want to examine this phenomenon on some unconscious level.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Motivation, Two, Lucky

  Goodreads Interview, www.goodreads.com. December, 2008.

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• The iPod is clearly a tipping point (and I'm not quite sure it is a wholly positive development), because it is a revolution in the way that we consume creative property, which I would call art. It has radically changed the relationship between the artist and the audience, how money changes hands, and how much money changes hands. Music was the first, and books are coming next. The Kindle or some form of electronic book is clearly inevitable, and it will massively reshape how books are sold, who pays for them, and how they're consumed. It is going to be really fascinating.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Art, Hands, Ipods

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• My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book and loved it." I cannot conceive of a greater compliment than that - to write something that as an adult I find satisfying, but also that manages to reach a curious 13- or 14-year-old.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Daughter, Writing, Son

  Goodreads interview, www.goodreads.com. December, 2008.

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• It is never appropriate to comment on a woman's breasts. I would never do it on the street or at a supermarket, but when I'm sitting a table signing books, sometimes I notice that a woman will have remarkable breasts. And I will maybe quietly say something about it. It's not in a sexual way, because I'm a gay man - I would never say to a man "great ass" because that would be sort of creepy.. I hope it's not creepy to quietly tell a woman she has nice breasts.

  David Sedaris

  Nice, Gay, Men

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• I would still be reading out loud. I think that if you are any kind of an artist, then validation is just sort of... it can be a result, but you're going to do the work anyway. Because you're just wired that way. It's so engrained, it's such a part of your personality that you don't just stop doing it. Eventually I'll retire on some level, eventually no one will want to buy my books or a ticket to see me read, it's inevitable that's going to happe

  David Sedaris

  Reading, Thinking, Artist

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 8, 2014.

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• Get a book, so you know where to put your fingers. Otherwise it would be tough to learn. Also you have to fight through getting callouses on your fingers because it hurts, you are pressing your fingers on metal strings, they will hurt at first until you start building up callouses.

  Joan Jett

  Hurt, Fighting, Building Up

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• If you are having trouble making a chord, get a book, that is how I learned. There are guitar tuning apps so you can tune your guitar, and just learn how to play along with your records. And it's great to be able to play along with another musician. That is like trial by fire.

  Joan Jett

  Play, Fire, Guitar

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.

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• If I'd done the discovery before I wrote the book, then there would be nothing to discover. It would feel dutiful instead of exciting.

  Heidi Julavits

  Discovery, Would Be, Done

  "The Brilliant Complications of Heidi Julavits". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

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• I like working on action films, and I like working on movies that are comic book based, or that have this theme, because they're things I watched or loved as a kid.

  Megan Fox

  Kids, Action, Film

  "JONAH HEX Press Conference: Read or Listen to Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, Director Jimmy Hayward and Producer Andrew Lazar". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. June 15, 2010.

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