Trenton Lee Stewart Quotes

My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.

I have a longing for fiction, to try to believe in it and to disappear into it.

I fantasised about becoming an author and wrote my first book at 18 - an introspective novel set in the 1920s.

I think that every book that's in a bookstore should entertain in some way.

I want to write books.

Michael Harvey should be read by all.

I write short stories. They may appear big in size, but when you consider it, they're four or five novels in one... In return for picking up one of my books, I'm trying to give them value for their money... the goal of writing any book is to create the illusion that what you are reading is reality and you're part of it.

For me that's the magic of the printed page - we don't have to pay attention to the passage of time and focus in on the realities of these characters at a specific age or at a specific time in their lives, and we can play with that to our hearts' content.

I have a novel out, 'Lupus Rex,' that I wrote and am excited about that.

In a book, you can kind of take time and have lulls in places.

'Colonel Roosevelt' is compelling reading, and Morris a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level.

I love to read stories. And I don't to get to talk about my favorite novels very often in my job.

One of my favorite authors is Michael Ondaatje.

To some degree, I consider myself a writer, and so I have a strong relationship with literature.

A Boosh fan bought me an original copy of 'The Jungle Book' - like, the first print from 1894 - so I've just started re-reading that and am really enjoying it. But the last book I read in its entirety was 'Willard and his Bowling Trophies,' by Richard Brautigan, which is amazing.

I have great stories. I am going to write a book.

I always wanted to tell stories. From the time I had 20 cents or a quarter in my pocket, I could peddle my old Rambler 500 down to the corner store and buy comic books.

I honestly believe there is absolutely nothing like going to bed with a good #book; or a friend who's #read one.

I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.

Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books.

I don't want to stand with somebody's praise. Whereas now when people come up to me, they say, "I love the bookstore" and "Kids! Come here, come here! This is the woman who owns the bookstore." That's incredible. I can say to that, "Thank you for shopping local. Thank you for coming in. What are you reading? Let's talk about books." It's about something I'm doing as opposed to somehow something I am. I feel comfortable and positive in that role. Because it's about reading. It's about books. It's about learning. It's about business and tax base.

[To write poems] I think it's important to do research, and research mostly is going to come from books, so all of your reading is potentially helpful to your poetry.

Books wrote our life story, and as they accumulated on our shelves (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of our refrigerator), they became chapters in it themselves.

My favorite sports novel is End Zone by Delillo. It's such a great looking book too, the black cover with the football player on it. It's just a fantastic little book.

A man who finishes a book is always alone when he finishes it.