I know that my books are worthy, which is separate from me.
The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book.
I feel like today we always glorify the young, just-plucked-from-college writer. But it’s much harder to start writing later, in middle age, struggling on a book around a full-time job and family.
I have the wonderful pleasure of finishing the book and closing it. And I don’t read them later.
I’m 100 percent original, and that’s what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write a book on each of my thoughts.
Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral.
In politics I am growing indifferent – I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home.
We live for books.
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
My collection of rare books concerns only books that don’t tell the truth.
I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn’t ask ourselves what it says but what it means...
We live for books. A sweet mission in this world dominated by disorder and decay.
The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on your bed, even if there is a blackout.
As an adolescent I wrote comic books, because I read lots of them, and fantasy novels set in Malaysia and Central Africa.
If somebody writes a book and doesn’t care for the survival of that book, he’s an imbecile.
I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven’t read, that we haven’t had the time to read.