Pastoral Resources

I don't like books, they're all fact, no heart.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.

I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.

Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books.

All of my books have the potential to become movies, it's just a question of finding a studio who wants to get behind me and put up the money to make the movie.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food.

Well I've written four beauty books as well.

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy.

I knew it was going to be enormous because of the number of people who bought the books, but, to be honest, I never thought it would be bigger than Bond. Never in a million years.

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books.

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.

Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.