Boring Quote by Clare Balding

No one ever addresses the possibility that a writer might not like her book.

— Emily Gould

She liked things that had been written by people who had lived short, ugly, and tragic lives. Or, who at least, were English.

— Joe Hill

“Clare is good, spiky company, and she is the very best companion to have in a bad situation. Trouble brings out the cheer beneath…

— Amy Bloom

“Our Clare doesn't much care for real life,' Drew told Jane. 'What she needs is to live in a book– the kind that no…

— Dodie Smith

“Well, at least she’s asserting herself, and you don’t have to worry about her having ‘squelched girl syndrome,’ ” she said. Mary Clare ignored that.”

— Connie Willis

“She should have cut off her damn hair ages ago, but the long, dark locks were her one claim to beauty and she was…

— Jamie Grey

“I was convinced I felt as strongly about Jane Austen's books as Ashleigh had ever felt about any of her crazes, but my love…

— Polly Shulman

The exciting quality about Joyce is that when you read him, you are not told of the large public issues that were agitating the…

— Patrick Kavanagh

Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes.

— Frank Delaney

I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is…

— Alexandra Ripley

[Margot Hentoff] stopped [writing]. She decided that she had nothing more to say. And yet, every day, she has a whole lot to say,…

— Nat Hentoff

“She had no ambition to write a good book, but was painfully anxious to write a book that the critics should say was good.”

— Anthony Trollope