A good book is a good book. End of story.Malorie BlackmanTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“A good book is a good book. End of story.
“A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.”Malorie BlackmanAspire
“I personally, as a teenager, didn't like books I felt were trying to preach to me... I did not believe in happy endings. I wanted to read books which reflected life as I thought I knew it.”Malorie Blackman
“If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.”Garth NixGood Book
“I think it's a fallacy to say that a good book sells itself. It doesn't happen. I'm a voracious reader and I can give you a long list of books which should have been best sellers but they aren't. How can you buy a book if you haven't heard of it?”Amish TripathiGood Book
“I blurbed a nice book, not at all like my book 'The Big Oyster,' called 'The Essential Oyster.' I blurbed a pretty good book about meat called 'Meathooked.'”
“Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools.”Malorie BlackmanDangerous Thing
“I would like to use stories as a springboard for children to make their own creative responses. I would like to encourage them to express themselves using music, art, film or whatever, and upload it to a website having been inspired by particular stories.”Malorie BlackmanEncourage
“I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.”Malorie BlackmanDefinition
“Reading is a joy for my kids, and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book just goes with summer.”Marcia Gay HardenGood Book
“My main piece of advice would be don't worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also don't be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and don't be afraid.”David LevithanGood Book
“The difference is this: If you write a good book, it'll get published. If you have a great screenplay, there is no guarantee.”John SandfordGood Book