A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when one comes to... →
Mary Augusta Ward
But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term.
The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness.
Chris Ware
Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic... →
When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They were like their own whole world.
I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.
Denzel Washington
I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.
Sarah Waters
I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.
Emily Watson
I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
Naomi Watts
Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.
Evelyn Waugh