The first rule of book club - is that nobody wants to talk about book club.
A good book is a true friend who never betrays.
Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.
I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time.
What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory.
The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.
Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.
I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.
To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.
A lot of people who saw 'The Avengers' didn't read comic books, don't like comic book movies, and enjoyed it. That was huge for me.
I priced my books at what I would want to spend on an electronic book.
Books are the reality you get to choose; life is the reality you hide from inside a book.
When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.
I've decided I don't like books that end with 'The End'. The fact that there are no more pages, suggests to me that the book has ended.
I still have a steady stream of book cover work. I'm grateful for it. Viva le book!
Books about women and children are not valued in the same way as a book about war. And why is that? I don't know.
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