Book Quote by Donald Ray Pollock

I like things to be really, really funny, or really, really dramatic. Those books are certainly the ones that grab me. I like the…

— Angie Harmon

One thing that's really delightful is my books tend to attract people who are funny, so I get the benefit of people writing me…

— Christopher Moore

While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure.

— Stephen J. Dubner

I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.

— Ian Mcewan

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.

— Pliny the Younger

I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“When I sit down with a novel in my hand I want to enjoy the experience. That means having fun. Too many books take…

— Clayton J. Callahan

Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.

— Rick Perlstein

I read serious books, but every now and then, I read just for fun.

— Mitt Romney

I do like books to be quite an intense experience, and that's the kind of novel I respond to as a reader.

— Jed Mercurio

I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation.

— Jesse Ball

I grew up in a place where books were very, very scarce, and I loved to read. I used to read the writing on…

— Jamaica Kincaid