Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it. Michael Crichton acceptbookhard Change image and share on social
Books arrive in my head all at once, and then it becomes an 18-month process of getting it all down on paper. Douglas Coupland arrivebookhead Change image and share on social
Books can be a source of solace, but I see them mainly as a source of pleasure, personal as well as esthetic. Michael Dirda bookestheticpersonal Change image and share on social
Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful. Malala Yousafzai bookcaptureinjustice Change image and share on social
Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are. Bruce Jackson bookdaydelivery Change image and share on social
Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside. Henry David Thoreau bookliereveal Change image and share on social
Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. So, I do believe through stories we can learn to change, we can learn to empathize and be more connected with the universe and with humanity. Elif Safak bookchangeconnect share on social
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. Salman Rushdie actauthorbook Change image and share on social
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. Thomas Jefferson articlebookcapital share on social
