Chill Quote by Danzy Senna

I didn't read about it for school. It was just for myself. I was interested in cults in general but Jonestown was the most…

— Danzy Senna

I read The Conspiracy Against the Human Race and found it incredibly powerful writing. For me as a reader, it was less impactful as…

— Nic Pizzolatto

It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers.…

— Greg Bear

That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well beyond the…

— Barack Obama

I was working on a satirical novel about a charismatic preacher who takes over a small Indiana town. Then I remembered Jim Jones was…

— Julia Scheeres

I'm all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to be meaningful…

— Andrew Gross

I didn't have a knee-jerk reaction like some people did to the language and the violence. My stepfather was a history teacher at Lincoln…

— Jamie Foxx

I remember reading [ Studs Terkel's] "Working" when it first came out and just finding that very powerful. I was going into community organizing.…

— Barack Obama

The secrets of small towns have fascinated writers and readers since the first psychological thriller was penned.

— Fiona Barton

I've never read 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' although I certainly know what that is. And what I love about that concept is as…

— Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

The second book, which was probably more from a professional standpoint - when I read Junot Díaz's Drown, I was like, Oh my god,…

— Matt de la Pena

“I set out to write a series of grand stories starring queer people. My vision has always been to let that "queerness" exist organically…

— Hazel Blackthorn