Books Quote by Cheryl Mendelson

“The trouble with influential books is that if you have absorbed the influence without ever reading the original, then it can sometimes be hard…

— Nick Hornby

Reading was such a formative part of my childhood (along with 'Loony Tunes'), that it is difficult to pin point the most influential book.…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

The most influential books, and the truest in their influence, are works of fiction. They repeat, they re-arrange, they clarify the lessons of life;…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

The kind of stuff I usually read is a bit more on the literary side, like books that I think are influential in the…

— Isaac Marion

If I had to name one book that has had the most lasting influence on my work, I would pick 'The Big Sea' by…

— Pearl Cleage

Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time.

— Kelly Clarkson

Really important books to me are the classics. I try very hard to read them well - you know, especially once I got serious…

— Karl Marlantes

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and…

— Louise Brown

The ones that were relevant while I wrote my book were books like "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, which is based on a historical fact,…

— Laila Lalami

I read a lot when I was at college, but really, only a few of Dickens's books work for me.

— Sue Perkins

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.

— David McCullough

Really important books to me are the classics. I try very hard to read them well - you know, especially once I got serious…

— Karl Marlantes