Excellent Quote by Oliver D. Crisp

For those who have only ever read about [John] Calvin, reading the man himself is an invigorating experience.

— Oliver D. Crisp

I had been reading about [John] Calvin for years and had been studying the English Renaissance for many more years, and it had never…

— Marilynne Robinson

Calvino was not a writer of hits; he was a writer of classics.

— William Weaver

The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature.

— Goldwin Smith

I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature.

— Jonathan Kozol

“He developed his revolutionary philosophy, with its grounding not in the Bible or ancient writers but in human reason, and became famous and infamous…

— Russell Shorto

“A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. Isaac Bashevis Singer”

— Emma Paul

If there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer.

— Isaac Asimov

“I suspect Dr. Robert L. Webb may be theologically a 'hyper-Calvinist' of the Jesse Mercer persuasion." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]”

— R. Alan Woods

“Neither are the humanistic scholars and artists of any great help these days. They used to be, and were supposed to be, as a…

— Abraham H. Maslow

One book that has influenced the writer very strongly is Winwood Reade's Martyrdom of Man...It is still an extraordinarily inspiring presentation of human history…

— William Winwood Reade

Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author in the world. I love him so much. There's one book that informs me more than The Road…

— Matt de la Pena