Bigs Quote by Ben Marcus

I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.

— Michael Chabon

I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up.

— Sophie Kinsella

Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible.

— Scott Derrickson

I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.

— Kiran Desai

If you're, like, a PhD student in English, and you look at each instance that Richard Yates is mentioned in the book...it has sort…

— Tao Lin

Sometimes someone will tell me about an author I've never heard of before and that will send me to that person. That's how I…

— Stephen Dobyns

Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.

— Salman Rushdie

I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when…

— Carolina Herrera

I like to read Octavia E. Butler's 'Wild Seed' over and over again. And J. California Cooper's 'The Wake of the Wind.' That one…

— Jill Scott

I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter.

— Jane Haddam

“Authors go on writing books, and so we go on reading them. It is a sad state of affairs.”

— Elizabeth Aston

I have so many favorite authors; I can't name just one.

— Gena Showalter