„Writing a book for the Follies seems to be about as profitable an occupation as furnishing flannel petticoats for the showgirls. p. 151“

— Dorothy Parker

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„The management’s method of procedure is evidently to hire some well-known man to write the book, and then, as soon as it is written, to give it away to some deserving family, and go out and engage an assortment of specialty acts. p. 151“
— Dorothy Parker
„That is a good book it seems to me, which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.“
— Louisa May Alcott
„This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit.“
— Stephen King
„What's the best part about writing a book?Finishing it.“
— Rick Riordan
„Books are not made for furniture but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.“
— Horace Mann
„Give me a house furnished with books rather than furniture! Both, if you can, but books at any rate!“
— Horace Mann