When a book goes well, it abandons me. I am the most abandoned writer in the world. Jim Crace abandonbookworld Change image and share on social
When a book is alive, really alive, you feel it. You put it to your ear here, and you feel it breathe, sometimes laugh, sometimes cry, just like a person, a little person. Eduardo Galeano alivebookbreathe Change image and share on social
When a book is going well, it tells you where to go. Neel Mukherjee booktell Change image and share on social
When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately ask, 'Why?' Nicolas Roeg bookfightfrontier Change image and share on social
When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business. Flannery O'Connor belongbookbusiness Change image and share on social
When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you. J. Michael Straczynski bookcriticismhunt Change image and share on social
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman. Jean de la Bruyere bookexcellencegood Change image and share on social
When a book remembers, we remember. It reminds you that you have a body. So many of the things we may think of as burdensome are actually the things that make us more human. Jonathan Safran Foer bodybookburdensome Change image and share on social
When a business becomes successful seemingly overnight, no one knows about all the months and years you've invested, all the projects you've tried before that didn't work. Niklas Zennstrom businesshaveinvest Change image and share on social
When a business group tells us there is nothing wrong with the environment, naturally they may have good arguments, but we are also sceptical, because we know that they have an interest in these things. Bjorn Lomborg argumentbusinessenvironment share on social
