Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.
Michael Lewis
You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that... →
My favorite is always the book that I'm currently reading.
Joe Lhota
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland.
Gyorgy Ligeti
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... →
Evangeline Lilly
As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the screen, and hopefully please yourself -... →
'The Hobbit' didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really.
When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they were reading my picture books... →
Grace Lin
If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's... →
Tao Lin