When I left college I thought - based on a staggeringly inadequate understanding of how the world worked - that I might like to go into book publishing.
It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's wrong the greatest of all.
How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering.
The bailout of Fannie Mae is completely off the books. It's going to cost us hundreds of billions of dollars. Yet nobody is placing this in any type of column in accounting for federal debt.
I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids.
I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.
I talked to Marvel about 'Thor' at one point, but I didn't want to do Thor. It wasn't something I read growing up, really; it wasn't one of the books I loved.
The most important thing about reading is not the level of sophistication of the books on your self. There is no prerequisite reading regimen for being a bookworm.
I understand why parents worry about books - they're worried about their kids. They want to keep their kids safe. But parents aren't always realistic.
It's neither my job nor within my capabilities to save people. But a book sure can try.
We unwittingly judge products by their boxes, books by their covers, and even corporation's annual reports by their nice glossy finish.
Some people get their books on the best-seller list and then they count the number of weeks, and I just never want to live that way.
Maybe we all need to leave our children with a value legacy, and not a financial one. A value for things with a personal touch - an autographed book, a soul-searching letter.
Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.
I've received two key pieces of advice in regard to my books. The first is, "You should lay off the f-bombs." The other is, "You should add more f-bombs.
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.
One of these days some simple soul will pick up the book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed.
The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.
I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they're by contemporary, commercial American writers.
But there are certain books I would never put on a Kindle because you want to be able to look at graphs and photos or the footnotes and maps. You can't see that.
It's - I write the books and let the market find who reads it. I guess a young adult is anywhere from ten to fifteen.
