I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade.

When a book is going well, it tells you where to go.

Really, having a show freely available online is like having your book in the library. It's wonderful; it's ideal.

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.

'The Chimney Sweeper's Boy' began differently from any previous book I'd written. It actually derives from a story a friend - the novel's dedicatee, Patrick Maher - told me.

You know, I'm pretty much an open book.

The higher a book's sales ranks, the better chances it has of being noticed by Amazon's internal recommendations engine.

I wanted to write a book about what it's like to be 50 and trying to reinvent yourself - that struggle. There are all these books and inspirational speakers talking about being a lifelong learner, and...

I had a terrible fear of not being normal - of not seeming normal. So I went to the library and read every psychology book I could find. Anything about how normal people behave.

Loads of computer graphics equals a terrible video in my book.

What we really wanted to call it was 'I Rhoda Book.'

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.

I didn't want it to be a book that made pronouncements.

I think the Queen enjoyed my book on her father, George VI.

We named the book 'Extreme Ownership' because we really found that when we looked at not only at leaders but at teams that were the most successful, we found that the ones that had this attitude of...

And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like this, you know that it's going to be an adventure. That's part of what draws you to it.

You have to learn how to write each book.

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing, I think. He wants it to capture the essence of the book, and if he feels that's been done, then he's not too particular...

The oldest book I have is a treatise on architecture from the 17th century.

A bad book with a good cover is nothing but a wooden house with a golden door.

There was nothing better than the feel of a book in your hand, listening to the crinkling sounds as you turned its pages and the smell of its crisp paper.

The most comfortable place for a tired mind is in the lap of a book.

Seriously. Just because you can't experience everything doesn't mean you shouldn't experience anything. - Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

The broken spine of the book shows the webbing of binder's string, and my fingers have worn white spots in the cover.

I despair of ever getting it through anybody's head I am not interested in bookshops, I am interested in what's written in the books. I don't browse in bookshops, I browse in libraries, where you can...

In a well-ordered universe... camping would take place indoors.

Every stage of life is a chapter of a book. You must begin writing your life book.

Can you imagine life without a book?

How can I survive without a book to read?

Books gnaw at me from around the edges of my life, demanding more time and attention. I am always left hungry.