“The happiest and most glorious hours of my life with books have been with German books.” Has BeensBookHoursGlorious Author:Enoch Powell
“Today we hear a great deal about Organizational Men, Mass Culture, Conformity, the Lonely Crowd, the Power Elite and its Conspiracy of Mediocrity. We forget that the very volume of this criticism is an indication that our society is still radically pluralistic. Not only are there plenty of exceptionalists who take exception to the stereotyping of the mass culture but that very string of epithets comes from a series of books that have been recent best-sellers, symptoms of a popular, living tradition of dissent from things as they are.” MenHas BeensStillsBookTodayCultureForgetDealsMassTraditionCriticismLonelySeriesCrowdsPlentyExceptionOur SocietyStringsConformityMediocrityConspiracyElitesVolumeStereotypeSymptomsDissentIndicationSellersOrganizationalBest SellersMass CultureEpithet Author:Kenneth Rexroth
“If anyone ever wonders why there's nothing coming from me, it's not my fault. I'm doing the work. No, I haven't deteriorated or gone insane. Suddenly, I just can't get anything into print. And apparently I'm not alone in this. There are people of very high standing, authors who are having problems. So I have been told. In my own case, the more disturbing element is the editor-in-chief who said to me, "I think this book is terrific. It ought to be in print. I can't publish it -- I've been told I mustn't." The indication is that I'm not writing what people want to read, but I never did.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWritingHas BeensSaidI CanBookProblemMy OwnWonderCasesGoneHavensOughtElementsStandingFaultsInsaneChiefsPrintEditorsPublishTerrificDisturbingNot AloneIndication Author:Tanith Lee
“I believe that the harm which Mill has done to the world by the passage in his book on Political Economy in which he favours the principle of Protection in young communities, has outweighed all the good which may have been caused by his other writings.” WorldWritingBelieveMayHas BeensBookDoneYoungPoliticalI BelieveCommunityPrinciplesEconomyProtectionHarmPassagesFavourMillsPolitical Economy Author:Richard Cobden
“One of my heroes, almost necessarily from what I'm saying, of course, is Borges, who is a supreme master of doing thing -- being a data bank -- and the beauty of this economy is that he could have written War and Peace in three or four pages; who knows, it might have been a better book.” KnowsHas BeensBookWarMightThreeCoursesEconomyFourWrittenMastersHeroPagesSupremeDataMight Have BeenMy HeroBorges Author:Peter Greenaway
“Everybody has only a 24-hour day. Most people, if they increase consumption of one medium (like magazines or books) will cut down on another (like TV). This drastically reduces the sort of growth some people have been expecting.” PeopleIfsHas BeensBookGrowthHoursCuttingTvsIncreaseMediumsMagazinesExpectingConsumption Author:Ted Nelson
“I'm so happy that James Baraz's AWAKENING JOY class is now available in book form. His class has been helpful to thousands of people. I plan to give it to all my clients who are struggling with creating a life of meaning and happiness. Joyfulness is our birthright. This book shows you how to reclaim it.” PeopleGivingHas BeensBookShowsFormJoyClassStrugglePlansCreatingAvailableAwakeningHelpfulClientsBirthrightJoyfulness Author:M. J. Ryan
“A few of my books, over the years, have been optioned for film. The subject matter of my books, however, is not exactly conducive to Hollywood film treatment. If and when a 'big-budget' film is ever made based on one of my books, my fans and I will more than likely loathe it because it won't be true to its source. That's almost a given.” IfsYearsHas BeensMadeBookMatterBigsFilmGivenFansSubjectsSourceHollywoodBeing TrueBudgetsTreatmentSubject MatterLoatheIfs AndHollywood Films Author:Richard Laymon
“I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that. And I meditate, and one time when I was meditating, I started thinking, "Gee Gail, you love stories -- you read all the time. How come you never tell yourself a story?" While I should have been saying my mantra to myself, I started telling myself a story. It turned out to be an art appreciation book for kids with reproductions of famous artworks and pencil drawings that I did. I tried to get it published and was rejected wholesale.” ThinkingShouldYearsHas BeensArtBookStoriesKidsWantedPaintingShould HaveAppreciationDrawingLove StoryOne TimeRejectedPencilsShould Have BeenMantrasReproductionMeditatingArtworkWholesaleBooks For KidsDrawing And PaintingArt AppreciationGail Author:Gail Carson Levine
“There’s always been a need for horror fiction, though - ghost stories have been a staple of every human society since the beginning of recorded literature - and while commercially the field may have its ups and downs, it will never go away. Hell, look at the Bible: gods, devils, ghosts, witches, giants, resurrections. That’s one big horror story. And it’s the most popular book on the planet.” NeedsHumansLooksMayHas BeensBookStoriesBigsLiteratureFictionHellFieldsPlanetsHorrorDevilGhostGiantsGoing AwayWitchResurrectionUps & DownsHuman SocietyStaplesGhost StoriesHorror StoriesPopular Book Author:Bentley Little
“Whole great chunks of written history are of little value to the psychohistorian, while other vast areas which have been much neglected by historians - childhood history, content analysis of historical imagery, and so on - suddenly expand from the periphery to the center of the psychohistorian's conceptual world, simply because his or her own new questions require material nowhere to be found in history books.” WorldLittlesHas BeensBookWholeValuesFoundWrittenChildhoodMaterialsAreasHistoricalAnalysisHistorianImageryNeglectedChunksHistory BooksPeripheryWritten History Author:Lloyd deMause
“The history of the Bible text is a romance of literature, though it is a romance of which the consequences are of vital import; and thanks to the succession of discoveries which have been made of late years, we know more about it than of the history of any other ancient book in the world.” KnowsWorldYearsHas BeensMadeBookRomanceLiteratureLateDiscoveryConsequenceAncientThanksSuccessionImports Author:Frederic G. Kenyon
“The choice is yours: Enjoy a delicious meal of, say, veal fantarella with grilled vegetables. Or spend a quiet hour reading David Gregory's book. You may find an altogether different sort of hunger has been sated by the final page. Brilliant in its simplicity, fearless in its presentation of the truth, Dinner with a Perfect Stranger is one invitation you'll want to RSVP.” WantMayHas BeensBookDifferentChoicesReadingEnjoyHoursPerfectQuietPagesFinalsSimplicityHungerStrangerDinnerBrilliantFearlessMealsVegetablesDeliciousInvitationsPresentationSatedPerfect Strangers Author:Liz Curtis Higgs
“The fact is that there is a profound spiritual hunger in the western world which, for a variety of reasons, its church is no longer able to assuage. So a book which suggests that there is a spiritual significance to the Christian story but that this has been suppressed by the church undoubtedly appeals to those who are anxious to square this circle.” WorldHas BeensBookReasonFactsStoriesAbleChristianSpiritualReligionChurchMoralityProfoundWesternHungerCirclesVarietyAppealsSignificanceSquaresAnxiousWestern WorldSpiritual HungerProfound Spiritual Author:Melanie Phillips
“Thanks to history books, I have realised that people over the years have been dying of war, and that enabled me to realise that there is nothing stupid like war.” PeopleYearsHas BeensBookWarPeaceDyingStupidThanksRealisingRealisedHistory Books Author:Kamal Haasan
“For at least the last 275 years the honesty of fishermen has been somewhat questionable. It should be noted that Izaak Walton whose book published in 1653 spoke not of anglers and , but anglers OR very honest men .” MenShouldYearsHas BeensBookLastsSeaHonestHonestyRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingSpokesHonest ManFishermanQuestionableAnglers Author:Arthur Ransome
“I have had several offers to make the book into a film. I don't know if the message could be accurately transmitted, and so I have been somewhat hesitant in granting film rights.” IfsKnowsHas BeensBookFilmRightsOffersMessagesRamaHesitant Author:Frederick Lenz
“'A Naval History of Britain' which begins in the 7th century has to explain what it means by Britain. My meaning is simply the British Isles as a whole, but not any particular nation or state or our own day... 'Britain' is not a perfect word for this purpose, but 'Britain and Ireland' would be both cumbersome and misleading, implying an equality of treatment which is not possible. Ireland and the Irish figure often in this book, but Irish naval history, in the sense of the history of Irish fleets, is largely a history of what might have been rather than what actually happened.” MeanHas BeensBookStatesWholeMightWould BePurposeNationsPerfectHappenedCenturyFiguresParticularBritishBritainTreatmentIrelandMight Have BeenMisleadNavalIsleIreland And The IrishImplying Author:Nicholas Rodger
“I'm not sure which I dislike more: 'Ulysses' or the James Joyce estate. Admittedly, a few people have got some pleasure from 'Ulysses', but against that, you have to weigh the millions of lives that have been ruined by the futile attempts to read it.” PeopleHas BeensBookLanguagePleasureMillionsNot SureDislikeEstatesRuinedJoyceUlysses Author:Kevin Myers
“Kitty Kelley's method, already perfected in her unauthorised and unflattering biographies of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Reagan, is to write bestsellers that take what she describes as an 'unblinking look' at their subjects - which might, of course, mean that her eyes are permanently open or permanently closed... the result is a work so bad that Britons cannot realise how fortunate they are in being unable to buy it. The great mistake with this book is not that it has been published in Britain, but that it has actually been published anywhere else.” WritingLooksMeanHas BeensBookMightEyeCoursesLanguageResultsMistakeSubjectsMethodFortunateBritainRealisingFrankHer EyesBiographiesNancyGreat MistakesKittiesBritons Author:David Cannadine
“A writer of books has to admit that film is the enemy, and that in my case I have been sleeping with the enemy.” Has BeensBookFilmLanguageSleepEnemyCases Author:E. L. Doctorow