I started thinking about [ what book is going to go next] when I was working on As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth..
There will always be people like me, who believe that to ripple the pages of a printed book is a special experience, one that through the centuries h….
I never say 'No' to anything..
I just can't dance like no ones watching. I tried but it's futile..
When I say nothing, I say everything.
One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself..
Unless I am a part of everything I am nothing..
However, the daily life of the slaves in the South, as observed by many travelers, was obscured for all time by the relentless promotion of a single ….
If we expose kids to books and art, nothing but good can come from it..
But if I did read, say, [Maurice] Merleau-Ponty, for instance, it always seemed to me that the parts that I understood in what he was talking about -….
Any book has behind it all the other books that have been written..
One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems go….
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means..
I bought a new book, '100 new ways to make love'. I ended up in traction - it was a misprint..
Many books belong to sunshine, and should be read out of doors. Clover, violets, and hedge roses breathe from their leaves; they are most lovable in ….
'Established' is a good word, much used in garden books, 'the plant, when established' ... Oh, become established quickly, quickly, garden! For I ….
By the time I finished the book [All Alone in the Universe], Robin Roy was saying, "More pictures!".
Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our ….
Over and over again women and men ... come to me saying, I don't know enough to write a book for adults, and so I'd like to try a book for children. ….
I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero..
I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons..