“One day he reads his friend's novel and discovers that Ishmael's account and his own memories of what happened are completely different.… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
Then there are actors my age like Ethan Hawke, he's in 'Moby Dick,' I love his work. I've been lucky. Alfred Molina,… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
When your Dad was the creator of 'Moby Dick' you kind of steer clear of getting compared in a solo-ing aspect. — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
“If Jack Dylan was Captain Ahab, Bart Breitner was Moby Dick. Jack felt exhilarated, as Ahab must have felt when he finally… — Mark M. Bello Copy Share Image
Many, many of my paintings have come from the first chapter of Moby Dick. — Robert Indiana Copy Share Image
“She’ll probably have all the work made up and a dozen stories written for The Oracle before I finish that one stupid… — Francine Pascal Copy Share Image
Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
“There you stand, lost in the infinite series of the sea, with nothing ruffled but the waves. The tranced ship indolently rolls;… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
No highbrow literary type would ever say 'Moby Dick' is good but it's just about a whale, or a Jane Austen would… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
When you look at almost every submarine movie, to some degree or another, there's this 'Moby Dick' element, this Ahab element to… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
“...the chapters on whaling in MOBY DICK can be omitted by all but the most punishment-loving readers.” — William Goldman Copy Share Image
If you live on Nantucket, you can't avoid its history, and 'Moby Dick' is the way most of us get into Nantucket's… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“It is no less difficult to write a sentence in a recipe than sentences in Moby Dick. So you might as well… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Every time Elvis sings, he makes a bargain with the devil -- just like Captain Ahab in MOBY DICK!” — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
“I do not know where I can find a better place than just here, to make mention of one or two other… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Do you like Moby Dick ?" he asks. "I hate it," she says. "And I don't say that about many things. Teachers… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I love to read. I was in AP English in high school, and we were assigned books every few months. 'Moby Dick'… — Spencer Boldman Copy Share Image
I think people have the wrong idea of 'Moby Dick' as this somber, boring thing. — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
“She remembered what her aunts had told her about a woman’s vaginal walls becoming thinner and drier in later years, which could… — David L. Wadley Copy Share Image
“Renee: "You know what I did when I finished Moby Dick?" David: "You harpooned the guy that sold you the book?” — John C. Stipa Copy Share Image
“But Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. (Moby… — herman melville Copy Share Image
“Rad had written a two-sentence response for his comparison/contrast between Moby Dick and The Old Man and the Sea: “The fishermen lost… — Emm Oh Copy Share Image
“When one reads, and re-reads, Moby Dick , it seems to me that one gets a more convincing, a more definite, impression… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Race is the true protagonist of the American novel. Our most popular classic fictions have known this, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Beloved;'… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
