Book Types Quotes

There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.

Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he's been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that... But the second kind, they show you life more like it is... The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up.

When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it.

I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.

It's much more difficult to make an unbound book than a bound book, because the factories aren't set up to make an unbound book.

The image I had was that Oprah books were fluffy.

As far as this categorization of books, the way I see it is there are really a hundred-odd categories of books plus one, and on the top shelf at home, I've got the books I love, my favorite books, and that's the type of book that I want to write.

I read a lot of books for information, like doctor books, spy books. . . .

I read the same amount of nonfiction and fiction.

In terms of age, I think I've covered about as wide a range as is possible, having written everything from picture books to early chapter books to middle grade novels to YA to one adult novel - and having been editor and lead writer for a magazine for retired people!