Quotes About Books

I've always been a fan of books that create an interesting blend of fact and fiction - whether it's Norman Mailer, or 'The Short Timers,' or 'In Cold Blood.' I'm a fan of that genre.

J. K. Rowling has said that she was bullied in school. She was a daydreamer and had her nose in books all the time, much like some of her characters today.

I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.

I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, actually, some of my favorite writers really do. Like Martin Amis. My dirty secret. 'London Fields' is one of my favorite books ever. And it's indefensible! But he's so funny... I forgive him everything.

Couldn't imagine any other way of living, outside of books, outside my work. Which doesn't mean I am not interested in other things, of course - I am interested in many things. But the center, the crux, is always literature.

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.

I think I'm more marketing- and sales-oriented than others, and the notion of selling books continues to interest me.

Personally, I love books, and I am interested in the notion that stories are told better in different media depending on the story.

I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.

I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be looked on as his heir and be categorised as an adventure novelist because that's exactly what I am.

I'm a novelist first, and I wrote a bunch of books, and everything I write, I just find people are more interesting when there's an element of humor to it.

As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty.

Among books, one of my early favorites was Gurunath Naik, a Marathi novelist. His mysteries were very popular in the 70s.

The novel is just fine: It's novelists who aren't doing so well.

I don't very often read novels.

I've read every single fantasy novel there is. I mean, I would challenge a lot of people to read more fantasy novels than I have.

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

I don't read that many novels, I'm more of a nonfiction fan.

The 'Barnaby' books were always intended to be graphic novels.

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I'd be writing novels.

I have read a number of books, starting with novels, that I particularly liked.

I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period and reading its books and watching its films. I see it as a real treat.

I plan to live to be 98, so I'll be the guy at Dundas and Yonge flogging a box of mouldy novels.

I've done a lot of books with Asian antecedents to them - some of my fantasy novels have been that way, and certainly in the 'Battletech' universe, there's a lot of Asian culture in that.