Paperback Quotes

“She read books quickly and compulsively, paperback after paperback, as if she might drift away without the anchor of the printed page.”

“Early in 1967 Highsmith's agent told her why her books did not sell in paperback in America. It was, said Patricia Schartle Myrer, because they were 'too subtle', combined with the fact that none of her characters were likeable. 'Perhaps it is because I don't like anyone,' Highsmith replied. 'My last books may be about animals'.”

“Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out. ”

“When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!”

“I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they'd once belonged to the sea.”

“The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book -- it makes a very poor doorstop.”

“My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel.”

“The whole point of straws, I had thought, was that you did not have to set down the slice of pizza to suck a dose of Coke while reading a paperback.”

“I cannot tell you how exciting it is when you first see your book in paperback, then when the good reviews roll in it is just the red bow on the present under the tree.”

“You asked me to be an open book. As I've already told you, I am. Anything you need to know about me can be found. Don't confuse me, a paperback, with a book on tape.”