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“I regarded it more as an honor than a disgrace to be permitted to share this fate of the complete destruction of literary existence…

— Stefan Zweig

“Thomas Mann that “a writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”

— Alexandra Johnson

More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature.

— John le Carre

“Nicht alles, was langwierig ist, ist langweilig.' (Thomas Mann to his prospective publisher, in reference to the MS of the novel Buddenbrooks - cited…

— Thomas Mann

It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?

— Ken Follett

Books are a finer world within the world. (1863)

— Alexander Smith

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my life.

— Terri Windling

Presenting Aschenbach as a composer - based on Mahler - leads to some dreadful scenes (especially those in which Aschenbach is berated by his…

— Philip Kitcher

“For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their writers all…

— Jodi Picoult

The richest author that ever grazed the common of literature.

— Samuel Johnson

A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value…

— Paul Scofield

“Even in the early nineteenth century, people like Goethe had little good to say about grumbling, coarsely behaved nationalist romantics of the Arndt or…

— Götz Aly