How Quote by Dave Itzkoff

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need…

— Larry Niven

I thought, "If I could bring these characters [Wonder Boys] to life and lead the audience to react the same way I did, this…

— Curtis Hanson

Most critics don't realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals to close…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“We had practiced bits and pieces of his story, but never the whole thing. In fact, I never heard Michael recount his own tale…

— Danielle Allen

“You’ve worked with George R. R. Martin a lot in the past. What kind of advice did he have for this project? Yes, I’ve…

— James S.A. Corey

“I have no cause to love Mr. Norrell- far from it. But I know this about him: he is a magician first and everything…

— Susanna Clarke

As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they're just catching on the coattails of the trend.

— Francine du Plessix Gray

He managed to do this 'tour de force' of styles without ever breaking the narrative structure of the chapter he was writing. It is…

— Frederick Lenz

“Imagine getting to be one of those people who actually gets paid to talk about literature. He’d do this for free, not that he…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David”

— Lee Child

All the other editors at DC never gave me a moment's time. They would take the thing and give me a check and say,…

— John Romita, Sr

I felt that Stephen had become such a significant figure, a scientist of such international renown, that at some future date, someone would be…

— Jane Hawking