Books Quote by Ben Okri

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare.

— Ben Okri

“Literature tried to open the universe, to increase, even if only slightly the sum total of what it was possible for human beings to…

— Salmon Rushdie

“My respect for the law was diminishing with every exchange. Dickens was right. The law is an ass, and I was starting to think…

— Wendy Buonaventura

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

— Lloyd Alexander

After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.

— Claire Tomalin

My great-aunt. . . . said nobody under 18 had any business reading Dickens. . . . She was right.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work with him any time he asks me.

— Carole King

When I was 21, I went to London and lived there for eight years.

— Sia

I lived in London, went to the London School of Economics, do a lot of business in London, and have a lot of fun…

— Anthony Scaramucci

My cousin's gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.

— Rodney Dangerfield

“The next morning he boarded the train for the six-hour journey south that would bring him to the strange gothic spires and arches of…

— Neil Gaiman

I went to London a lot as a young designer because London was a major inspiration, not only for the clothes but the sense…

— Jean Paul Gaultier

After studying in Sheffield, I went down to London to do my post-graduate degree at the National Film and Television School, embarking on the…

— Nick Park

I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career.

— David Naughton

And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I was brave…

— Mark Haddon