Alive Quote by Jim Goad

I'm often called obsessive, but I don't think I am any more than anyone else.

— Nicholson Baker

I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember.

— David Nicholls

I think, when I'm writing, I have a more clinical view than I do when I'm reading. I like pretending to be God and…

— Jay McInerney

I just always wonder if I'm too obsessive about subjects. I try to avoid that.

— Gary Gulman

I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on…

— A. S. Byatt

I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical,…

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what…

— Halle Berry

One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word, but how…

— Michel Faber

I used to think... that people would think badly of me for various stuff they read. But now I accept it's just part of…

— John Key

I have this belief that we are so vulnerable when we open ourselves up to literature. We're reminded of these real parts of ourselves.

— Tracy K. Smith

I'm ashamed to admit this, but I didn't read a novel all the way through until after high school. Blasphemy, I know. I'm an…

— Matt de la Pena

I am, as are most writers, just hugely obsessive, and so are many of my closest friends, who tend to be writers or scientists.…

— Andrea Barrett