College Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

I'm a huge Hunter S. Thompson fan.

— Amber Heard

I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his…

— Jo Nesbo

I was interested in [Hunter S. Thompson novels]. The rebel in me fell in love with it, and the artist in me was confused…

— Amber Heard

I am an avid reader of Sidney Sheldon thriller novels.

— Vivek

I was writing novels in high school and apprenticed myself in a way both to Faulkner and to Hemingway.

— Joyce Carol Oates

In crime fiction, I cut my teeth on early Robert Parker, Elmore Leonard, John D. MacDonald, and Alan Furst. I always loved the writing…

— Nick Petrie

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut.

— Louis Sachar

I read Stephen King as a junior high schooler. My father introduced me to Stephen King far too young, which I'm very grateful for…

— Bridget Carpenter

I started hunting with my high school basketball coach.

— John Havlicek

I was a literature major in college and that was my thing, books.

— Jodie Foster

By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts, I moved…

— Cynthia Voigt