Kings Quote by Dorothy Parker

Despite his persecutions, Mr. [Upton] Sinclair reveals himself in Money Writes! to be an enviable man. Always the thing he desires to believe is…

— Dorothy Parker

I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

I look upon every good man, as a good book, lent by its owner for another to read, and transcribe the excellent notions and…

— John Flavel

“Payton “Sin” Sinclair was an unapologetic people-watcher. As a sports consultant, working with some of the biggest and most recognizable athletes in sports and…

— Francis Ray

As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on…

— John Steinbeck

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. if you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in first.…

— Ann M. Noser

“I now principally allude to Rousseau, for his character of Sophia is, undoubtedly, a captivating one, though it appears to me grossly unnatural; however,…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“Every person writes his own book with the example of his life.”

— Casper Silk

“The bartender put a notepad and a pencil before me. Breathing hard, the pencil trembling, I wrote: Dear Sinclair Lewis: You were once a…

— John Fante

“Frederick Ward thought novels immoral and had been known to leave the room rather than subject himself to "bohemian" opinions.”

— Donald McCaig

“Any writer or journalist who wants to retain his integrity finds himself thwarted by the general drift of society rather than by active persecution.…

— George Orwell