Books Quote by Anne Fadiman

“The more I read the more I fought against the assumption that literature is for the minority - of a particular education or class.…

— Jeanette Winterson

“An exile's only country is his country's literature.”

— Andreï Makine

“Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read,’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Because all books are forbidden when a country turns to terror. The scaffolds on the corners, the list of things you may not read.…

— Philippa Gregory

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Literature is disputed territory.”

— Salman Rushdie

“And in spite of the fact that science, art, and politics had no special interest for him, he firmly held those views on all…

— Leo Tolstoy

“In my opinion the best writer of historical novels. He makes you feel, smell, see every thing he describes in all his books. He…

— Edward Rutherfurd

“Almost as a rule, political dissidents were writers.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“His most important books are his two Logics, and these must be understood if the reasons for his views on other subjects are to…

— Bertrand Russell

“It doesn't matter how a novel was printed. What matters are the words in between the pages.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

Books are a finer world within the world. (1863)

— Alexander Smith