Quotes About Books

My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day.

Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read.

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.

Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.

You open doors when you open books... doors that swing wide to unlimited horizons of knowledge, wisdom, and inspiration that will enlarge the dimensions of your life.

The dearer a book was to my heart, the more battered and bruised it became.

I like people who love books and movies and art and want to talk about it all the time, because that's basically what I want to talk about. Intellectuals that are funny.

In books and movies infidelity always looks so compelling, so right. Here are people who defy petty convention and are rewarded with only the tastiest bits of human experience.

It seems like the Western genre has crept out of its casings during the last few years, and expanded to include books and movies we wouldn't originally have thought of as westerns.

Lonely children often have imaginary playmates but I was never lonely; rather, I was solitary, and wanted no company at all other than books and movies, and my own imagination.

What's interesting is that when you get into the post-war period, many of the narratives in books and movies conclude that if you killed Hitler, you're actually going to make history worse.

I grew up with a very romantic, idealized vision of New York, probably because of all the books I read and the movies I watched.

Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom.

I'll read my books and I'll drink coffee and I'll listen to music, and I'll bolt the door.

I like being at home with my music and my books. I've done all the partying, I've done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life.

I'm focusing on the music, but I still got a cold library of books that I've either read or I plan on getting to.

Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.

Flowers lead to books, which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music, music. Then many more flowers and many more books.

The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I'm an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.

I had to learn chord shapes... I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.

I want to write some books. Books that have nothing to do with music, just some fiction type of books for a whole different audience of people.

I live to play music, and hang out with my wife and kid, and hang out with my friends, and discover the world. Read books, watch movies, see art, see the world, meet new people.