Books Quote by Patti Smith

I was suckered in by the myth of the man [ William Burroughs] as much as by his work.

— Oliver Harris

All of William S. Burroughs friends pushed it forward and introduced me to one another. I was able to enter into that beat family…

— Yony Leyser

In 1911, Edgar Rice Burroughs, having failed at everything else, decided to write a novel. He was then in his mid-thirties, married with two…

— Michael Dirda

Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don't think William Burroughs has an ounce of…

— Truman Capote

I go back to read 'Tarzan' books every now and again or 'John Carter,' and you realize Edgar Rice Burroughs is not a great…

— Shane Black

I tell this anecdote with tongue in cheek at the start of my book William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination, but my academic…

— Oliver Harris

Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling the truth.…

— J. G. Ballard

Edgar Rice Burroughs taught me pace and gave me a sense of action and adventure.

— Joe R. Lansdale

I like simple writing. I'd rather read Hemingway than Burroughs.

— Yannis Philippakis

When I was a kid, what captivated me about detective fiction were the puzzles more than the detectives or their enemies. And as I've…

— Mark Waid

I learned to write crime novels by reading people I hoped to emulate: people like James Lee Burke, Lawrence Block, Joseph Wambaugh, and Sue…

— Michael Connelly

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