Book Quote by J. P. Donleavy

Books are really, really hard to write. They represent a kind of a summit of grappling with what one really has to say

— Jaron Lanier

Well you know I've been fan of Tony Hillerman's books for years.

— Keith Carradine

“A great book does not have to be a literary masterpiece with complicated sentences and words no one has heard of. It has to…

— Amanda Mackey

“Our masterpieces are Shakespeare and Jane Austen and griots and Murasaki Shikibu, but they’re also J.K. Rowling and Chuck Palahnuik and Douglas Adams and…

— Beth Revis

Anyone aspiring to literary greatness should read 'New Grub Street' and weep.

— Tina Brown

I think the book you always like best is the one you're about to write.

— Margaret Atwood

I loved Bernard Cornwell's books.

— Alexander Dreymon

With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified…

— Bob Shacochis

I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they're by contemporary, commercial American writers.

— Lisa Scottoline

Charlie Huston, who showran the first season [of Powers], is a novelist, and likes to internalize fiction as a novelist does.

— Brian Michael Bendis

'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.

— Felicity Jones

Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and wonderful -…

— Jessica Brown Findlay