Dickens writes that an event, "began to be forgotten, as most affairs are, when wonder, having no fresh food to support it,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
150 years ago in [Charles] Dickens's time there was at least a sense of craft. So some of the things people had… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
It doesn't bother me. Sure, everybody wants approval, but I came from the theatre and I've always treasured a remark from there… — Robert Ludlum Copy Share Image
I've always liked the classic "young adult" writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens. They write so clearly, and… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the… — Alan King Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's the sunshine, or the fact that I actually have a job, but I do like L.A. a… — Rich Sommer Copy Share Image
When I was a little girl, I thought I was Sydney Carton in Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' I don't think… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
Stephen King has the exact ability that Charles Dickens had. To get to his readers in spite of or despite anything the… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
“You don't know how you haunt and bewilder me. You don't know how the cursed carelessness that is over-officious in helping me… — Dickens, Charles Copy Share Image
Many books have mattered enormously to my life and work. 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens would be one of several contenders for… — Cheryl Mendelson Copy Share Image
Charles Dickens was an incredibly cinematic writer. He wrote this one hundred years before there were movies. He writes very thematically. It… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Charles Dickens' creation of Mr. Pickwick did more for the elevation of the human race - I say it in all seriousness… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
With its vastly complicated plot and its immense cast of characters swirling around the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce that has been… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
My mother read secondarily for information; she sank as a hedonist into novels. She read Dickens in the spirit in which she… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Few literary depictions of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake match the intensity and visceral power of those in Flacco's gripping first novel.… — William Bernhardt Copy Share Image
Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography. Rome is feminine. So is Odessa. London… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I've been in the entertainment industry since I was six-years-old ... As Charles Dickens says, 'It's been the best of times, the… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
From Dickens's cockneys to Salinger's phonies, from Kerouac's beatniks to Cheech and Chong's freaks, and on to hip hop's homies, dialect has… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I doubt if Dickens did, especially his women-his pretty women-Mrs. Dombey, Florence, Dora, Agnes, Ruth Pinch, Kate Nickleby, little Emily-we know them… — George du Maurier Copy Share Image
“Do you have any old copies of Dickens? Bookseller: We've got a copy of David Copperfield from 1850 for $150. Customer: Why… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
As he approached his 28th birthday in February 1840, Dickens knew himself to be famous, successful and tired. He needed a rest,… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
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