Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of... →
Nicholson Baker
I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains the same - keep what's... →
There's a time and place for the Kindle, and I own one now and have books on it that I don't otherwise have. But I don't find that my... →
Americans like fat books and thin women.
Russell Baker
I can't picture going to a beach, or anywhere on vacation, without a couple of books as companions.
Rosecrans Baldwin
When I have the Bible memorised, then I'll be able to go and read a couple other books.
Stephen Baldwin
By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
Iain Banks
I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or... →
I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!
Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.
Russell Banks