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A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.

Every really good book was written a little at a time, over time, in tremendous confusion and doubt.

A good book ought to bring out lots of different responses from those that read it - none of them pre-planned, and all of them very personal. Whatever they take away from the reading of the book is valuable.

The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.