Loved Quote by John Grisham

My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start,…

— John Grisham

Like every child growing up in America, I read 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn.' I liked them well enough, but I…

— Caroline Lawrence

I realize how much [Mark] Twain fabricated things. I like it very much, but it's only half true. And it shows what he was…

— John Gimlette

I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to…

— Roman Coppola

“I came at last to a recognition of myself as, in part , a Tom Sawyer who wanted everything done according to the rules…

— Robertson Davies

Going into the past, I've always thought Mark Twain would be cool to hang out with for a little bit.

— Joe Maddon

Twain is my keystone. He reminds me of my people because that's the way they told stories.

— Joe R. Lansdale

I read Norman Lock’s The Boy in His Winter with delight and amazement. Styled in the vernacular of a rapidly changing America, it stays…

— David Oshinsky

I've always liked the classic "young adult" writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens. They write so clearly, and they know…

— Arthur Bradford

I've covered so much Tom Waits. He's one of my favorite writers. I have a real affinity to how he writes.

— Bob Seger

“Like Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence, authors trick readers into doing most of the imaginative work.”

— Jonathan Gottschall

I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look back at…

— Lucas Neff