“What if the catalyst or the key to understanding creation lay somewhere in the immense mind of the whale? . . . Suppose if God… — Joshua Horwitz Copy Share Image
I love to read the kind of books I write. Genre-breaking. Fresh-concept. World-building. My all-time top three authors would have to be… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
“Cat Rambo: Where do you think the perennial debate between what is literary fiction and what is genre is sited? Norman Spinrad:… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
I used to read only fiction. Now I don't read much, only occasionally, such as a Cormac McCarthy or a Jim Harrison… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
The one that I've always wanted - and I have Scott Rudin in my way blocking it - is 'Blood Meridian,' which… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
A part of that [timewrap] for me was growing up in a culture that violence had always been a part of. It… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Nicholas Sparks recently went on record as saying he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy. This is true in the same… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“* Who do you think of when you hear the word “successful”? “The first people who come to mind are the real… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look… — Lucas Neff Copy Share Image
We loved the language in Cormac McCarthy's 'No Country,' which is really about the region, while in 'True Grit' it's more about… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
I'm not Cormac McCarthy, but I can get my point across in a thousand words. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist. — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
I read Nabakov for style, Mary Karr for heart and resonance of where I come from. She's from the same part of… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
“CHIEF LAMBIASE IS a frequent visitor to the store, and to justify these visits, he buys books. Because Lambiase doesn’t believe in… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
In its rather clinical view of death, 'True Grit' rivals the hardboiled world of 'Red Harvest'-era Dashiell Hammett and prefigures Cormac McCarthy… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author in the world. I love him so much. There's one book that informs me more than… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
The kind of stuff I usually read is a bit more on the literary side, like books that I think are influential… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like. — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
One thing I love about Cormac McCarthy is the types of pressure he puts onto people. You see the best and the… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
In crime fiction, I cut my teeth on early Robert Parker, Elmore Leonard, John D. MacDonald, and Alan Furst. I always loved… — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image