Quotes About Books

Negative books can be bestsellers, but seldom classics.

Ever read a book that changed your life? Me neither.

When I was at school, I loved maths and read lots of books and was horrified at the idea of having a boyfriend... I was probably a nerd, but then, it was a negative term.

I'm a huge reader... I'm a big book nerd. I go through, like, two books a week.

I'm pretty much self-taught - I never went to any courses. If I want to learn about, say, the frontal lobe, I'll buy 40 books and absorb them in a couple of weeks. I'm a nerd like that.

I'm a book nerd, and I've seen authors that I love, I've gone and seen them speak or read from a book.

Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.

I read everything. I've always got a book on the go and I'm really nerdy about it, I get through books and don't remember anything about them afterwards. But I read all sorts, from classic to contemporary.

I love to read. I don't get enough time to read. I love reading the Internet. I love reading magazines. I love going on the 'net.

I like to read. I like to spend time on the Net. I like to watch movies.

I'm the only girl on The Food Network who grills - I have two bestselling grilling books. I try to really focus on what men and women can do outside together out on the grill. I think it's really fun to have men and women out there together, having fun, working and enjoying themselves.

I read a couple of books about neuroscience and the relationship between the mind and the body.

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another book as much as I enjoy this one.' Every time, I'm convinced. And then I change my mind when I start the next book.

When a new book comes out or becomes accessible in whatever form, I get it and I read it.

I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author.

I like learning things, and I like that writing comics is an excuse to look into new stuff and research and learn new things and hopefully put them in books.

I want to have new challenges and write new crazy books because I think it makes me a better writer to be insecure and try new things.

My attention is constantly being caught! I'm constantly learning, constantly becoming fascinated by new things - I'm lucky that I read incredibly quickly and absorb a lot of information easily, because otherwise I don't think I'd ever get my head out of a book!

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

If I'm writing books, I'm a 'New York Times' bestseller - how do I do it all? I don't know.

I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love a good, you know, I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate them so much, and they've been part of my education as a woman.

Every newspaper feels it must have an astrology column, and even in the Carleton University bookstore this morning, I found books on astrology for sale.

What I enjoy about reviewing and writing for newspapers and periodicals is simply the chance to talk about all kinds of books and lots of them.

Oh, my parents never cracked a book, just newspapers.