Mark Bridges Quotes

When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know.

I collect books - a lot of books.

Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books.

I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday.

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have.

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.

Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.

When I was six, my best friend's parents bought him a piano. My mother noticed that every time I would go to his house, the first thing I would say to him was 'Levester' - His name was Levester - I said, 'Levester, can I go play your piano?' So, on my 7th birthday, my parents bought me a piano.

Digital texts are all well and good, but books on shelves are a presence in your life. As such, they become a part of your day-to-day existence, reminding you, chastising you, calling to you. Plus, book collecting is, hands down, the greatest pastime in the world.

My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all the books I haven't read yet.

My father brought me a box of books once when I was about three and a half or four. I remember the carton they were in and the covers with illustrations by Newell C. Wyeth.

We have a host of English teachers in the family. My mum is an English teacher, and so are my dad, my aunt and my uncle. I have grown up with family writing competitions, and I can't remember a birthday or Christmas present that didn't include books.

When I was twelve, Uncle Randall looked up long enough to see that I was a reader as well, so he walked me down his hall to a linen-closet door and opened it up onto a wall of paperbacks. There were books behind books, as deep in as I could reach. He told me to take three, and when I was done, bring them back and take three more.

For some of us, books are intrinsic to our sense of personal identity.

I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.

I wish I had more time to read. I do love books.

On the floor by my bed, there are heaps of books I want to read, books I have to read, and books I believe I need to read.

I don't know why - I have a ton of books: five full cabinets of them.

I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.

My night stand is permanently jammed with books I want to read.

When I was a boy, all the books I owned fit on a single shelf. Now I have several thousand stacked around the house.

I've always loved watches. It's been the one thing that I've asked for, whether it was every Christmas or a birthday.

My goal is to be surrounded by books.

When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite writers.