Book Quote by John Gimlette

I wrote my first book without being to Ethiopia since I was two years old.

— Dinaw Mengestu

It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is so much…

— Liya Kebede

Ethiopia is engraved on my heart. I first went in 1973 because I heard of a terrible famine. They were denying it even as…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Many people know that Ethiopia is poor. When I break a world record, maybe people get to know something else about Ethiopia, something good.…

— Haile Gebrselassie

All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine. But you…

— Flea

Ethiopia is beautiful. The people are so positive.

— Nyjah Huston

Nowadays, I only review books I really like. It's cowardly, I know, but I figure it's not my job to make people unhappy. I'll…

— Meg Rosoff

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

— Tibor Fischer

I read reviews and consider myself pretty 'plugged in' to the literary cosmos, yet one of the things I love best about book-touring is…

— Julia Glass

It is remarkable, but on the whole, perhaps, not to be lamented, that the world is so unkind to a new book. Any distinguished…

— Henry David Thoreau

I wouldn't mind my book being called an African novel if it didn't invite lazy readings.

— Taiye Selasi

A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly…

— Ian Frazier