Books Quote by Mark Twain

Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow…

— Samuel West

Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large…

— Charles Lamb

Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.

— Salman Rushdie

People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

— Kevin McCloud

I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel Spark, Anthony…

— Ian Rankin

I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow…

— Samuel West

It is a relief to read some true book, wherein all are equally dead,--equally alive. I think the best parts of Shakespeare would only…

— Henry David Thoreau

“As long as I can remember I have been carelessly casting myself uninvited into novels where no self-respecting novelist would have me. This literary…

— Guy Vanderhaeghe

The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has given you…

— Stella Adler

“Really good literature is seldom appreciated in its own day. The best authors die poor, the bad ones make money - it's always been…

— Walter Moers

I realized the other day that about the only author I genuinely read for pure pleasure is one of the worst authors in the…

— Neil Gaiman