American Quote by Laura van den Berg

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 first read 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe' when I was a kid. And I think it was read to me. Me…

— Will Poulter

“Great American Novel” = ”doorstop of a book, usually pretentious, written by a man.”

— Lionel Shriver

My high school did not offer courses in philosophy, so the books that initially stimulated philosophical reflection in me were novels by Charles Dickens,…

— Martha Nussbaum

I'm very much a people pleaser, and the first book had such a devoted and loving following.

— Celeste Ng

The last book I read before I wrote my first book - 'Ghosts of Manhattan' - was 'The Gold Coast' by DeMille. I loved…

— Douglas Brunt

My first novel, 'John Crow's Devil,' freed me up to write about the past, and 'The Book of Night Women' freed me up to…

— Marlon James

I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've…

— Alexandra Fuller

“After one postmodern doorstopper, you’ve read them all. Pynchon got there first, really… and it was good… but most of the others have been…

— A.D. Aliwat

The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William…

— Harlan Coben

My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas morning to find Roald Dahl's 'Charlie…

— Sophie Kinsella

The Hawley Book of the Dead had me completely spellbound from beginning to end. A storytelling virtuosa, Chrysler Szarlan has woven a wondrous, scintillating…

— Anne Fortier