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

Quote by Werner Lansburgh

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Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Wine books flow from printing presses like water from broken spigots.

Wine books flow from printing presses like water from broken spigots.

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and...

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and...

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very...

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very...

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds... In the...

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds... In the...

You can cover a great deal of country in books.

You can cover a great deal of country in books.

Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...

Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a...

Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a...

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

I'm trying to read a book on how to relax, but I keep falling asleep.

I'm trying to read a book on how to relax, but I keep falling asleep.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...