If I Did It Book Quotes

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ABOUT RUDY STEINER
He didn't deserve to die the way he did. — Markus Zusak

Because we were Russian, sadness came naturally to us. But so did reading. In my family, a book was a life raft. — Alice Hoffman

Did you ever wish you had a book that would explain the full meaning of life's random happenings to you? — Mariko Tamaki

Who do I think would appreciate my book?
I'm surprised anybody does. Oops, did I say that out loud? — Dan Alatorre

Nobody understood why opposites attracted, and anybody who said they did was probably selling a book. — Lynn Blackmar

There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance. What, then, did I do? I read faster. — Leo Rosten

Seriously, when you see a new book fresh on the stand and in big letters it says "A Million Copies Sold," did you ever wonder who bought them? — Stanley Victor Paskavich

When she was done, Blaise stared at her in astonishment. "Did you just read and understand that whole book?" "Yes." Unable — Dima Zales

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house. — Amy Tan

For my 'Perfect Chemistry' series, I did movie-style book trailers, and my fans went crazy for them. — Simone Elkeles

I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that. — Noam Chomsky

Of all literature I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey. — Kwame Nkrumah

They did it quite a lot after that first encounter" ... when Jill remembers first meeting the dashing Baron. — Lisa McKnight

I own every book Stephen King has ever written."
"That's great. That's something to be proud of."
But did you read them, fuckface? — Caroline Kepnes

A book did not qualify as literature unless it had polysyllabic words and incomprehensible passages. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In a social studies class I did a paper on the history of Attica, which ended up being a little book that I created. — Paul Smith

I moved in front of the medicine cabinet. If I looked in the mirror while I did it, it would be like watching somebody else, in a book or a play. — Sylvia Plath

What's most interesting about some books is the question: How did this crap ever get published? — Ashleigh Brilliant

One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me? — Alain De Botton

So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book. — Don Winslow

When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. — Clifton Fadiman

I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book ... I think a lot of people who hate literature but love fried eggs would buy it if the price was right. — Groucho Marx

Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks? — Bertolt Brecht

My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something as an artist. — Gary Shteyngart

I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there. — Cornelia Funke

I did not want to write just another business book. — Peter Thiel

St. Clair: So did you enjoy the book?
Anna: I did. Did you?
St. Clair: I like the author's name the best. Ba-nah-na. — Stephanie Perkins

In the book, you lost your powers. In the movie, you chose not to use them as much. I guess I did a little of both. — Mara Wilson

I have never met an author who was sorry he or she wrote a book. They are only sorry they did not write it sooner. — Sam Horn

Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing. — Mike Tyson

I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.' — Robert M. Pirsig

How can we have revival when we value a book the early Church didn't have over the Holy Spirit they did have? — Kris Vallotton

I'm proud to be a writer. I'm doing the job all my heroes did. — Carla H. Krueger

The fact the book was a tragic one did not make me unhappy since I believed that life was a tragedy and knew it could have only one end. — Ernest Hemingway,

I feel much more comfortable in politics than I did in book writing. Book writing is so hard. Politics felt easy compared to that. — Zephyr Teachout

I have no regrets because I did everything by the book. — Alexis Arguello