America Quote by Fred Barnes

[George] Orwell's essays. It's got it all. Great writing, a worldview that I find interesting and useful, and most of it timelessly true.

— Anthony Bourdain

Thomas Sowell, among many others, has articulated the power of individual responsibility as an antidote to black poverty for over 40 years. Black thinkers…

— Shelby Steele

J.P. Donleavy - now he's one writer I am consistent with. He's written books that I can definitely connect with. He has amazing insights…

— Van Morrison

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.

— Andrej Pejic

I read all the time so it's difficult to say who my all-time favourites are. One is George Orwell, because he makes political writing…

— Melvin Burgess

One of the best and most challenging books about Orwell is by the socialist literary critic Raymond Williams. As a critic - and, in…

— Keith Gessen

I mainly read histories and biographies, but I'm also a big fan of Graham Swift and Thomas Hardy.

— Ben Elliot

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.

— John Pilger

George Orwell is a pinnacle writer, for his combination of moral insight and literary writing.

— Atul Gawande

Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author in the world. I love him so much. There's one book that informs me more than The Road…

— Matt de la Pena

Orwell was dealing with communism and his disillusionment with communism in Russia and what he saw the communists do in Spain. His novel was…

— Ray Bradbury

I would say the only one person I know of who kind of combines the elements that my father brought to the table in…

— John Buffalo Mailer