Chapters Quote by Jim Harrison

I first read War And Peace about 100 years after Tolstoy wrote it.

— Simon Schama

I've never read anything so badly written that got published. It made 'Twilight' look like 'War and Peace.'

— Salman Rushdie

It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think.

— Robert McCloskey

I was so naive about writing, I went to the public library and checked out the only volume they had on the topic -…

— Bruce Feiler

I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.

— Umberto Eco

What's most interesting about some books is the question: How did this crap ever get published?

— Ashleigh Brilliant

It started out as a typically insane idea to map every part of the published text in terms of its manuscript provenance and history,…

— Oliver Harris

The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of the war…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

I have many writings that I would not like it if they were published.

— Shakira

I always thought it would be so much fun to write a book.

— Julie Foudy

War and Peace maddens me because I didn't write it myself, and worse, I couldn't.

— Jeffrey Archer

I had no idea I'd end up writing four books when I completed 'Mortal Engines.' I didn't even think it would find a publisher.

— Philip Reeve