Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.
I've come to see that these politicians that release books - no way are they actually writing those books. Not when they are working fulltime, too. There's no way. That's their name on the book, but it's not their work. I'm sure of that. There's no w...
But I do think it's important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books.
My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the children's rooms are crammed with expensive books, but the parent's rooms are empty. Those children d...
In this course I have tried to reveal the mechanism of those wonderful toys — literary masterpieces. I have tried to make of you good readers who read books not for the infantile purpose of identifying oneself with the characters, and not for the a...
Sean: Do you like books? Will: Yeah. Sean: [points to wall] Did you read any of these books? Will: I don't know. Sean: [points to shelf] How about any of these books? Will: Probably not. Sean: What about the ones on the top shelf? You read those? Wil...
Rachel Lapp: [as she and Samuel are walking through the police station with Book] When can we leave the city? John Book: We're trying to get this done as quickly as possible, then you can go. But, Samuel's probably gonna have to come back to testify....
Teachers die, but books live on.
Don't judge a book by its cover
A wicked book cannot repent.
Write a book, not the book.
Thanks, but my name is Gracias.
I'm a comic book fan.
Let's face it. I'm an open book.
History is written by the winners.
I have the best job in the entire history of broadcasting.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.
It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
We live in the least ugly time in history.
As an actor, you have to have your history.
