In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.

Quote by Richard Eder

Topics: Books Quotes, Writing Quotes

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

This sentimental comedy by the Soviet playwright Aleksei Arbuzov is said to have had a...

This sentimental comedy by the Soviet playwright Aleksei Arbuzov is said to have had a...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

Books are a uniquely portable magic

Books are a uniquely portable magic

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all...

Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

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...

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school...

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school...

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and...

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and...

I have seen men hazard their fortunes, go on long journeys halfway around the world,...

I have seen men hazard their fortunes, go on long journeys halfway around the world,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we...

To limit the press is to insult a nation ; to prohibit reading of certain...

To limit the press is to insult a nation ; to prohibit reading of certain...

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...