For a good book has this quality, that it is not merely a petrifaction of its author, but that once it has been tossed behind, like Deucalion's little stone, it acquires a separate and vivid life of its own.

Quote by Spencer Tracy

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Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to...

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to...

This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay...

This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay...

I'm disappointed in acting as a craft. I want everything to go back to Orson...

I'm disappointed in acting as a craft. I want everything to go back to Orson...

Concentrate, don't embroider.

Concentrate, don't embroider.

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

I don't go by the rule book...I lead from the heart, not the head.

I don't go by the rule book...I lead from the heart, not the head.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.

It's more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live...

Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live...

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have...

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...