Beckett Quote by John Larroquette

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him…

— Harold Pinter

I have 800 books of just Samuel Beckett's work, tons of his correspondence, personal letters that he wrote. I have copies of plays he…

— John Larroquette

My favourite writer is Beckett and I keep going back to wallow in his work like a deep pool of dark humour or like…

— Simon Critchley

He [Samuel Beckett] is great, a very great writer. Any modern writer is bound to be influenced by [James] Joyce. Of course, by Beckett…

— William S. Burroughs

Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book.

— Franz Wright

I'm a reader. I like - I'm a great reader. I keep going back, though, to certain authors, just like I love film, but…

— David Small

I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens. I learned…

— Twyla Tharp

I read everything, but generally more fact than fiction - especially autobiographies and biographies. I've read 'Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela at…

— Richard Branson

I read a lot. I liked a tremendous number of poets and writers. The person whose work I liked the most was Joyce.

— Grace Paley

“An author needs a lot more than one person to succumb to his literary seductive charms, but, like Saul, he must realize that he…

— Thomas McCormack

I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none.

— Henry Rollins

My favourite authors are John Grisham and Jeffrey Archer. Grisham rapidly established himself and now completely owns the legal space of fiction writing, something…

— Ravi Subramanian