Life Quote by Michael Dirda

“and yet the original Writers at Work volumes, especially the first three, possessed a magic all their own. As a teenager, I virtually memorized…

— Michael Dirda

I'm a huge classics fan. I love Ernest Hemingway and J.D. Salinger. I'm that guy who rereads a book before I read newer stuff,…

— John Krasinski

I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again.

— Chaim Potok

“For me, all writing -- storytelling and style -- gets back to the Bible, Twain and Hemingway, and not in that order.”

— Dennis R. Miller

I have lots of gaps in my education, and so I'm often picking up classic books that most people read years ago.

— David Grann

I am inclined to think that as I grow older I will come to be infatuated with the art of revision, and there may…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I am a rereader. Quality is variety if you wait long enough. Barthes, Baudelaire, Benjamin, Celine, Duras, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Melville: There is so much…

— Rachel Kushner

I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I don't want…

— Judy Blume

“Not every classic book was the best thing ever. Each book has flaws, and it’s up to writers to change things.”

— Tim Holtorf

“I like first editions, though I’ll sometimes settle for a later printing if it’s within a year or two of the book’s original publication…

— Michael Dirda

Now that I'm taking some time off from school, I've been reading a lot to make sure I don't forget everything. It's mostly classics…

— Fred Savage

I remember having to read 'The Old Man and the Sea,' and I didn't want to read it; I didn't want to like Ernest…

— Dree Hemingway