Quote by David Foster Wallace

“I really, really, really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked his voice. I liked that he…

— John Green

“headed towards my office. A big new campaign was starting to take shape and I wanted everything to go perfectly. After settling in, my…

— K. Elle Collier

“I thought I was terrible at everything, but it turns out I was only terrible at spreadsheets.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

“was an amazing guy, really. Totally himself. Totally unapologetic about having all these different sides of his personality that didn’t quite mesh. He didn’t…

— Bill Konigsberg

“He thought I’d be his best reporter, said I had a surprising mind. In my two years on the job I’d consistently fallen short…

— Gillian Flynn

“The situation wasn’t ideal. But it was what she had to work with, so she would work with it. She was a tough one,”

— Lev Grossman

“He defined good company not by the conversation but by the lack of it. When there was no need to talk to feel comfortable,…

— Michael Connelly

“I wasn’t sure I wanted a love interest for Alexander. The thought of being jealous of a character in a book was silly, but…

— Allison van Diepen

“He had always liked a good mess—God knows he had sure made a few. In typical form, he squared his shoulders, furrowed his brows…

— Shelley K. Wall

“In a business like his, there was no room for heart, no room for weakness, no room for questions. Only the day-to-day struggle to…

— Avril Ashton

“That's the mark of a good office. The people who do the work get on with it without bothering to tell the boss.”

— Michael Pearce

“That day, I started taking an interest in the bar's television. We always kept it on. As the hours slid by in a cacophony…

— Jonathan Gash