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You mean there isn't an indisputable book that is the actual Word of God? Men argue about it and make a judgment? — Ken Follett

Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing. — Michael Dirda

If you want to make a movie out of my book, have one of these faces gently melt into my own, while I look. — Vladimir Nabokov

There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters. — Miguel De Cervantes

Feminists who accept the claim made in The Book of Genesis, and, that God is a he, need to make their minds up. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

O. J. Simpson theory of legal fees: I'm not paying you; you're lucky to be here; go make a buck with your book. — John Grisham

By the nature of cinema and how it literalizes what we envision, movies can have difficulty replicating that connection we make with a classic book. — Steve Erickson

If you're going to publish a book, you probably are going to make a fool of yourself. — Annie Dillard

To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme. — Mark Mothersbaugh

The book of Genesis, a farrago of nonsense so wholly absurd that even Sunday-school scholars have to be threatened with Hell to make them accept it. — H.L. Mencken

And yet, in a sense, in choosing to be deprived of the ability to make an ethical choice, you have in a sense really chosen the good. — Anthony Burgess

A good book
can make an almost
impossible
existence,
liveable
( from 'the luck of the word' ) — Charles Bukowski

My point of view when I make a book or I make a movie is to see the humanistic point of view. The point of view of the daily life of normal people. — Marjane Satrapi

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book. — Samuel Johnson

No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense. — Rachel Cohn

If a book has no index or good table of contents, it is very useful to make one as you are reading it. — Isaac

Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it. — Mark Twain

I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour. — John Irving

Finish the book. Finish the book, regardless of how bad it is. You can make it better in a rewrite. — Joe Hill

The fact that a book or publication is popular does not necessarily make it of value. — Ezra Taft Benson

In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book. — Hattie McDaniel

I have a confession to make. For years, I earned a living - or a sort of living - writing negative book reviews. — Lee Siegel

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you. — William Dean Howells

If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to make a lot of money, create a religion. — L. Ron Hubbard

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else. — Zadie Smith

Book - what they make a movie out of for television. — Leonard Louis Levinson

I do not think my life would make a very interesting book,' I say. 'I feel I can speak with a certain amount of authority here. — Paul Murray

I jump around in the plotting stage, where I basically just make a bulleted list of every damn thing that happens in the entire book. — Peter V. Brett

Failing is not a disgrace unless you make it the last chapter of your book. — Jack Hyles

If you've never experienced something and don't know how to write about it, then make it a fantasy book. It gives you a lot of freedom. — B.A. Gabrielle

A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world. — Alan Rickman

I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school, or steal my Daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool. — Rod Stewart

Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie. — Rodman Philbrick

One of these days I'm-a make me a book out of you. — Billy Collins

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. — Maya Angelou

To see how boring you really are, write a book about soap and cults, and the profits you make will be your only means of subsistence. — Chuck Palahniuk

I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops. — Wong Kar-Wai

Each book can make a life or a fragment of it more beautiful. — William, Saroyan

I sometimes want to make a book of every tattoo I wanted to get before I actually got a tattoo, because there were so many awful ideas and concepts. — Lena Dunham

It seems like they make every comic book into a film. 'Watchmen' is my favorite of all time. — William Moseley

If you haven't heard a rumor by noon, make one up. If you're a writer, make sure it's a full page of the book you're currently working on. — Lamont Tanksley

My favorite genre is Beautifully Written Books of Any Genre. Could we make that a genre? — Kristin Cashore

Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse. — Marjane Satrapi

I see life as a challenge but success is what you make of it. — Clifton Cameron

Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed. — Mark Haddon

We need only two persons in our life - just you and me; and I think we can make a good story together. — Raj Singh

Books bear him up a while, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy. — John Wilmot

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few. — Richard Baxter

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world. — Jeanette Winterson

This book is a personal memoir; but it is also a larger story-about carelessness and guilt, and the wreckage they can make of lives. — Brooke Hayward

You should make sure that the quotable lines of dialogue in your book never exceed a hundred and forty characters! seemed — Scott Westerfeld

I have always loved reading. Ever since I was a young girl I had a book by my bed and would get lost in the world of make believe. — Lauren Conrad

I've read the 'Book of Revelation' a million times. It does not make sense, obviously. It needs to be decoded. — Megan Fox

When a group of people sing together, we make up a chorus. When birds do, it's more like a whole symphony orchestra. — Laura Erickson

I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to come together and make sense. — Anynomous

They make Lord of the Flies look like Pollyanna." "When did you read Pollyanna?" "It was a book? — Orson Scott Card

Think of yourself as a detective looking for clues to a book's general theme or idea, alert for anything that will make it clearer. — Mortimer J. Adler

I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages, though I'll make an exception for Don Delillo. — Elmore Leonard

If I had to make a list of six books which were to be preserved when all others were destroyed, I would certainly put Gulliver's Travels among them. — George Orwell

As an author, you hope for a director and a cast that will make something wonderful out of your book. — Bernhard Schlink

You need not to burn copies of a book. Just make people feel indifferent to the book. — Lara Biyuts

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Always I'm working on some of book. That's the way I make a living. — Jimmy Carter

Write your dreams down, toss them into the sea, and make a wish, Isabel. Life is too short to live with regrets, own today as if it was your last. — A.M. Willard

There ain't nothing more to write about and I'm rotten glad of it, because if I'd know'd what trouble it was to make a book, I wouldn't a tackled it. — Mark Twain

At the very heart of this book is my desire to make our voices heard. To act out of compassion and then watch as our actions do make a difference. — Tom Davis

The third biggest comic people in America want to make a comic book out of me. It's unbelievable. — Mark Roberts

Only three things are necessary to make life happy: the blessing of God, books , and a friend. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living - cook books and detective stories. — Rex Stout

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense. — Harold S. Kushner