21st century Quote by Nathaniel Philbrick

“been forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick — largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and responsible for Melville's drop in popularity — was…

— Herman Melville

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

“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

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

— Chad Harbach

“It's a tiny bestseller, but, officially yes. But, hey, most people haven't read Moby-Dick, so why the hell should they read my book?”

— Richard Linklater

I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I admire British…

— Per Petterson

“But Moby-Dick is the explanation of America. It’s not just a novel. It is a book of prophecy. It is the book. It is…

— Robert Stone

As any student of literature knows, the books that last are often not the books that are most popular when they are written. Both…

— Michael Cunningham

The best book is not one that informs merely, but one that stirs the reader up to inform himself.

— Anonymous

The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you.

— Terry Tempest Williams

What good is a book that does not even transport us beyond all books?

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Well, Bradbury's a genius. Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books of all time, and The Illustrated Man as a collection of short…

— Zack Snyder