Book Interest Quotes

I am trying to concentrate on books. You know, I love Dostoevsky; he's my favourite writer.

'Mystic River' just smelled interesting to me. So I read it and liked it right away. Even the dialogue in it was great.

The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.

The trouble is when people read about authors, they don't feel compelled to read the authors' work.

There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.

'Midnight Nation' is really interesting.

A blurb might bring a reader to a book, but then the book itself has to do the rest of the work.

I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.

I don't like to write boring books.

I don't read a lot of books.

You're more likely to finish a book you enjoy, than one that feels like literary drudgery.

It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't.

If you want to write about a person who isn't nice, people say, "This is a bad book. It's about somebody I couldn't stand." But that's not the point. You don't have to like a character to like a book. Most of the time, people would misjudge and say, "I didn't like the book." No, you didn't like the character. That doesn't make it any less interesting of a book. In fact, to me, it makes it more interesting.

I'm not a big basketball book guy.

I don't have time to read books. I've read my share of books throughout my life, and I will continue to do so.

Of course I always like going to bookstores, but at stores, you're mostly meeting kids who are already into reading.

Do I read her books? Of course.

You could tell from the books whether a library was meant for show or not. Books that were used had an open, interested feel to them, even if closed and neatly lined up on a shelf in strict order with their fellows. You felt as though the book took as much interest in you as you did in it and was willing to help when you reached for it.