Both Quote by Kim Edwards

There isn't a book that has changed me, but I have favourites such as 'Pride and Prejudice' which I often re-read.

— Carolina Herrera

I read "Pride and Prejudice" [by Jane Austen]. I was gobsmacked by it - it's so funny and so modern. Unbelievable. You don't expect…

— Julie Walters

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up…

— David Macaulay

Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

— Hilary Swank

'Lonesome Dove' by Larry McMurtry and 'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver have stuck with me throughout my life, and I think that says…

— Tess Gerritsen

'To Kill A Mockingbird' is one of my favourite novels, my mum brought me up reading it, and it never fails to move me.

— Jessica Marais

And Lopate's anthology helped a lot too. It came out the same year I started grad school, and I remember the book's publication feeling…

— John D'Agata

I was fantastically well versed by the time I left school. I had a teacher who put 'A Clockwork Orange' my way, and 'Catcher…

— Kenneth Cranham

A wonderful book . . . Full of sadness, hope, and ultimately love. I found it very moving.

— Esther Freud

"Lost in Translation" by Sofia Coppola. It's a masterpiece. I laughed a lot but was also overwhelmed by the story - a rare combination.

— Emmanuelle Bercot

Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, or in the transom of a merchant brig.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I had written 'Cafe de Flore' with 'Stairway to Heaven' in mind.

— Jean-Marc Vallee