It's not a case of: 'Read this book and then you'll think differently. I've written this book, and I don't think differently.
The first rule of book club - is that nobody wants to talk about book club.
It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.
The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest.
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 write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books.
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.
No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.
T.G.T.B.T: too good to be true.
Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.'
