In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If Mark Twain had had Twitter, he would have been amazing at it. But he probably wouldn't have gotten around to writing… — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
“Winslow wants you to learn this"- he waved a few sheets of stapled pages- "and that." He pointed to the book in… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“Hunting Down the Secular Humanists" "...What makes them so dangerous is that Secular Humanists look just like you and me. Some of… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
In the end, censoring a comedian's jokes is on par with censoring 'Huckleberry Finn.' Now, I'm not comparing myself to Mark Twain… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and… — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
My first copies of Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn still have some blue-spruce needles scattered in the pages. They smell of Christmas… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
One of our continuing myths was summed up in Huckleberry Finn: Our escape, what we think of as our escape, is that… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
Mark Twain was an artist working at the highest level. He wrote a book, his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, that… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
“And I realize I've been betrayed by the two vices that fiction promised me I'd adore. Sal Paradise held up bottles of… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“Así, pues, le dije: —Ya sabes, Tom, que no sirvo ni para limpiarte los zapatos. Pero no importa: Dios todopoderoso nos ha… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I actually got a crush on Anne Heche when I worked with her on Huckleberry Finn. It didn't work out. — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
Titian and Rembrandt, Monet and Rodin, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, Mark Twain and Henry James, Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop,… — David Galenson Copy Share Image
I lived an idyllic 'Huckleberry Finn' life in a tiny town. Climbing trees. Tagging after brothers. Happy. Barefoot on my pony. It… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
“First they done a lecture on temperance; but they didn't make enough for them both to get drunk on. Then in another… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“The Concord public library committee deserve well of the public by their action in banishing Mark Twain’s new book, Huckleberry Finn, on… — The New York Times Copy Share Image
“No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you… — Pablo Copy Share Image
“I can assure you Ernest Hemingway was wrong when he said modern American literature began with Huckleberry Finn. It begins with Moby-Dick,… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
Unlike television, reading does not swallow the senses or dictate thought. Reading stimulates the ecology of the imagination. Can you remember the… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“He kept talking and I thought about taking my copy of Huckleberry Finn and stuffing it in his mouth so he'd shut… — Elizabeth Scott Copy Share Image
“Do you realize that all great literature — "Moby Dick," "Huckleberry Finn," "A Farewell to Arms," "The Scarlet Letter," "The Red Badge… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Ironically, we were studying 'The Scarlet Letter,' but isn't that always the way? The books you read in class always seems to… — Easy A Copy Share Image
“Sterling Memorial, the main library at Yale, had been built to resemble a Gothic cathedral, replete with stained glass, carved stonework, and… — Monique Truong Copy Share Image
