I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.
I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge and had no space to keep books.
Sometimes female characters start out as the wife or girlfriend, but then I realize, 'No, she's the book,' and she becomes a main character. I surrender the book to her.
It’s remarkable that a device, which fits in your pocket, can hold thousands of books. But a room full of books is an entirely different kind of remarkable.
Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year, and will guarantee your success.
There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.
What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.
It breaks my heart that we are always being nudged toward the most recently published books, when so many worthy books have gone unexplored.
'The Marrying Season' is the final book in the 'Legend of St. Dwynwen' series, and in each of the three books, a small village church in the Cotswolds plays a significant role.
When I started 'City of Bones,' I knew exactly what was going to happen in 'City of Glass.' When I first started the six-book series, I thought of it as a three-book series.
If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation.
Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book, and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody read." [As quoted in (in , Vol. 55, No. 5, November 1913)]
Not as ours the books of old - Things that steam can stamp and fold; Not as ours the books of yore - Rows of type, and nothing more.
My first two books, 'Letters to a Young Brother' and 'Letters to a Young Sister,' were... distributed pretty widely. Judges in juvenile justice facilities started citing the book as required reading.
The books I read I do enjoy, very much; otherwise I wouldn't read them. Most of them are for review, for the New York Review of Books, and substantial.
Everyone has a book within them. Everyone has to write it thinking, 'How will I help other people? What will the book do to touch lives?'
I try not to recommend too many books, frankly, because I think there's a certain synchronicity that happens when people discover books.
I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't need to write a book for adults.
I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.
My first book was published without any editorial advice. Nobody said, 'You might do this or that,' or 'Why don't we see more of this.' I merely took the book and published it.
