Books Quote by Jacques Derrida

When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on…

— Umberto Eco

There are definitely some folks in my hometown who are unhappy with the way I portrayed my hometown... But I think most folks realize…

— J. D. Vance

I did have a love for literature that overpowered my hatred of the people who taught it, and I think because I had no…

— Craig Ferguson

I don't know the literary world; I was scared of being confronted with famous names, not knowing what they had written. It was occupied…

— John le Carre

A lot of things that were written about me bothered me, like my mentality was not good.

— Ryan Babel

The English were infuriating. Everything was designed to put an outsider at a disadvantage. If you had to ask, you didn't belong.

— Daisy Goodwin

When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of…

— Daniel Woodrell

Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer.

— John Amos

Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the…

— Mildred D. Taylor

I saw that the State was half-witted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her silver spoons, and that it did not…

— Henry David Thoreau

I was trying to make a novel about something no one wanted to read about into something they couldn't put down or look away…

— Alexander Chee

It is almost impossible to win back a reader's loyalty once it's gone.

— Ravi Subramanian