Crisis Quote by Mark Kurlansky

“Moby Dick is my favorite book —I’ve been rereading it every year since I was sixteen. ‘Call me Ishmael’ is the greatest first line…

— Douglas Preston

Reading 'Moby-Dick' was really a sort of transformative literary experience for me.

— Chad Harbach

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view.

— Bjorn Borg

When I was young, I kept trying to read 'Moby-Dick', and I couldn't get that far into it. And I kept thinking, 'Well, man,…

— Nick Tosches

In 'Anasuya,' I play a journalist. When in school I wanted to be one. So this character is very close to my heart and…

— Bhumika Chawla

I tend to gravitate toward conflicted characters, and a character who is exploring chaos theory and population control and the difficulties of love and…

— Ed Stoppard

When I was growing up, my idea of a writer was someone like Sven Hassel, that mysterious Danish author who wrote thrillers about men…

— Andrew O'Hagan

“My favorite book is God-Shaped Hole. It’s not a classic. It’s better than a classic. It’s a modern-day tragedy. I’ve never read Moby-Dick but…

— Colleen Hoover

I've always been a big fan of Philip K. Dick; I love his work. There's a returning theme of identity and the fragility of…

— Jack Reynor

I was on the lookout for something different, as I was exhausted with the fiction space. When I was asked to host 'Tujhse Naaraz…

— Ashish Sharma

A film like 'Kaamyaab' gives me an opportunity to be involved in the beginning, middle and end of the story.

— Sanjay Mishra

I'm a storyteller, and I was an actor, so I have a fairly thin grip on reality to begin with.

— Taylor Sheridan