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1 " There's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won't supply them. "
― Philip Pullman
2 " Once you become a known writer, you will not have bad books anymore. You will only have less good books than the good ones. "
3 " I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them. "
4 " One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited. "
― Arthur Schopenhauer , Essays and Aphorisms
5 " This consists in not taking a book into one’s hand merely because it is interesting the great public at the time — such as political or religious pamphlets, novels, poetry, and the like, which make a noise and reach perhaps several editions in their first and last years of existence. Remember rather that the man who writes for fools always finds a large public: and only read for a limited and definite time exclusively the works of great minds, those who surpass other men of all times and countries, and whom the voice of fame points to as such. These alone really educate and instruct.One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind "
― Arthur Schopenhauer
6 " Writers: read books. Read good books. Read bad books. Learn what does and does not work. "
― Kira Hawke
7 " Reviewing bad books is bad for the character – WH Auden "
― Harold Bloom , The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
8 " There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children’s book. In adult literary fiction, stories are there on sufferance. Other things are felt to be more important: technique, style, literary knowingness… The present-day would-be George Eliots take up their stories as if with a pair of tongs. They’re embarrassed by them. If they could write novels without stories in them, they would. Sometimes they do. We need stories so much that we’re even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won’t supply them. We all need stories, but children are more frank about it. "
