Book Quote by Marcel Proust

I feel very close to French culture and to the French humanism, which occasionally one finds, even in the highest places. And therefore, all…

— Elie Wiesel

The biggest markets for my books outside the UK are France and Italy, and those are the two countries where I also have the…

— Jonathan Coe

I can read a lot of French newspapers with Google Translate and have them read quite comfortably.

— Ethan Zuckerman

I read pretty well in French and Spanish. I don't want to read a book written in French or Spanish in translation.

— Mark Kurlansky

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in…

— Jim Harrison

My books have been published all over Europe. They read me there, and I want to read them back. I also spend a lot…

— Aleksandar Hemon

The main thing my bookcase says about me is that I'm not French.

— Pamela Druckerman

I read French much better than I speak.

— Cara Black

When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for…

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world,…

— Bernard Pivot

France is very welcoming to foreign writers.

— Israel Horovitz

Sometimes I wonder how my life would have worked out if my books had been translated into English sooner, because English is the language…

— Olga Tokarczuk