Books Quote by Gregory Benford

“In the fall of 1998, I began my freshman year at San Diego State University, which my dad commonly referred to as 'Harvard, without…

— Justin Halpern

My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug Vanity Fair.…

— Abigail Spencer

P.C. Richard and Son has a wonderful heritage and is part of the great American storybook.

— Rohan Marley

I read Stephen King as a junior high schooler. My father introduced me to Stephen King far too young, which I'm very grateful for…

— Bridget Carpenter

“MIS)SHAPING THE WAY THEY DREAM In April 2014 former Yale English professor William (“Bill”) Deresiewicz spoke to a crowd at Stanford about whether students…

— Julie Lythcott-Haims

I was the only child, and I know my father had certain thoughts about me. He was a lawyer and extremely literary, but he…

— Robert Gottlieb

“It reminded me of how I’d felt applying to college. Night after night, I sat with my father in his study while he read…

— Melissa Bank

[George] Uhlenbeck was a highly gifted physicist. One of his remarkable traits was he would read every issue of T%he Physical Review from cover…

— Abraham Pais

“The dining hall in our section of campus was like something out of an Ayn Rand novel: big, utilitarian, and impersonal.”

— Kirstie Collins Brote

My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.

— Elizabeth McGovern

I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut.

— Louis Sachar

“Dodson was sitting in a metal folding chair on the auditorium stage at Carver Middle School. He vaguely remembered being a student here, although…

— Joe Ide