I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.
Superman was my first comic back in the '50s; that was me under the bedspread with the flashlight reading comic books.
You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.
Is the prestige conferred by the Man Booker prize for the book or me? I would prefer it on the book and for me to be treated ordinarily.
Never Judge a Book by its Cover". This quote doesn't apply to books only, but also to people, places and everything else.
No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that.
I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my favorite characters in the book.
It did occur to me that certainly African-Americans are not underserved in picture books, but those books are almost all about specifically black experiences.
My husband and I are huge bibliophiles. He's always reading 'The New York Times Book Review' and then ordering 20 books online.
I have specific playlists for different books and characters. So, I need to have those with me. It helps me get into the mindset of the book.
My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere.
After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.
This,’ whispered the Doctor to Romana, ‘is going to be like trying to find a book about needles in a room full of books about haystacks.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.
I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.
The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.
Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside.
You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one.
I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!
