Books Quote by Gabrielle Zevin

“What novels did you read when you were young, dear? I'm convinced it all turns on that.”

— Edith Wharton

“As far as I can tell, a young adult novel is a regular novel that people actually read.”

— Stephen Colbert

“Forget all those prescriptive ideas about "the novel" and "literature" and set down your feelings and thoughts as they come to you, freely, in…

— Haruki Murakami

“what type of books you like to read ??”

— Derek Swrtnam

When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books.

— Michael Connelly

I have read a number of books, starting with novels, that I particularly liked.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

“I am trying to come up with some "adult" reads, but I mostly read young adult fiction (my job), which, by the way is…

— Megan McCafferty

“I had forgotten what fiction was to me as a boy, forgotten what it was like in the library: fiction was an escape from…

— Neil Gaiman

“Every once in a while you come across a novel that reminds you why you think you enjoy reading in the first place.”

— Graham Parke

In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I'm having with the writers I read when I was first falling in…

— Dan Chaon

“But I’m not sure it actually matters what we read. Our lives continue along the straight lines that have been set out for us.…

— Anthony Horowitz

“I keep telling you, you don't pay enough attention to the minor characters. A novel should be like a street full of strangers, where…

— Irène Némirovsky