Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love.
I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.
I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.
How often have I met and disliked writers whose books I love; and conversely, hated the books and then wound up liking the writer? Too often.
The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder.
Happiness is not always reading the same page in the same book. Sometimes it is just wanting to hold the others book for them to read.
I'd like to read a book sometime. I've never read a book before. That'd be an adventure. I understand they have pages and everything. Yeah, I've got to do that sometime.
There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient book should be read only by the professionals, and the amateur should content himself with modern books.
People need books, but they don't know they need them. Generally they are not aware that the books they need are in existence. - Roger Mifflin
I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.
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.
