Audience Quote by Hal Holbrook

Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.

— John Kennedy Toole

“Few authors have captivated the American penchant for curiosity like Samuel Longhorne Clemens. Many have called his cantankerous alter ego, Mark Twain, the greatest…

— Lowell Smith

“If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be -- a Christian. Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist”

— George Washington

“When you find that you are on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain”

— Steve J. Leatherwood

“The men had two favorite modes of speech, wild exaggeration and ludicrous understatement. Ideally, both were delivered deadpan. Time and again, the accounts overflow…

— Edward Dolnick

“This quote is often falsely attributed to Mark Twain.”

— Randall Munroe

Samuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself.

— Scott McClanahan

Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century.

— Bob Newhart

“A hypocritical businessman, whose fortune had been the misfortune of many others, told Mark Twain piously, “Before I die I intend to make a…

— Mark Twain

“Mark Twain wrote, "The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”

— Rusty Watson

Twain's 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' made me long to wake in an era when my Casio wristwatch would strike folks as…

— Anthony Doerr

“It’s not the story-line that makes for good reading…but the storyteller. I believe Mark Twain could have filled out a credit application and made…

— Rob Wood