I believe that the mindset that allows you to spend your working life thanking and congratulating people rather than being unpleasant to them is the …

- Tim Waterstone

Anyone who tells you they know the future is telling you the most grotesque lie, because none of us do.

- Tim Waterstone

Its intuition that works. Just intuition.

- Tim Waterstone

Ignore the received wisdom of any industry you’re entering. Never be trapped by dogma. Never let other people’s opinions drown out your own inner voi…

- Tim Waterstone

It's actually as simple as this. New authors, building their customer base, need physical bookshops. Physical bookshops are lovely tactile, friendly,…

- Tim Waterstone

Its intuition that works. Just intuition.""Waterstones was aimed at me. I knew that I wanted, and badly needed in my life, bookshops just like the on…

- Tim Waterstone