Blame Quote by Roberto Bolano

An interesting thing about book groups, it seems to me, is that there is no correlation between a brilliant book and a brilliant discussion.…

— Stacy Schiff

I found myself jealous of the people who wrote the books. They were dead and they were still taking up my time. Who did…

— Ned Vizzini

I grew up reading biographies on groups, and I love all that. The thing about biographies, it's the old cliché but it's true -…

— Stevie Jackson

I have not been in a book club where there were any men, and I have not, in fact, heard of book groups that…

— Elizabeth Berg

Attending a book group is always a salutary experience for a writer. There's no guarantee that the people there will have enjoyed your book,…

— Naomi Alderman

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

— Wilbur Smith

“They were...no ordinary group, gathering together to kill an evening, to seek refuge from critical husbands and demanding children while idly discussing their new…

— Gloria Goldreich

The thing is that, they all had real strong personalities and real distinct identities, and I don't find most of the groups that are…

— Lester Bangs

It's a novel experience to have one of my books read by a reading group.

— Alastair Reynolds

There are a number of people without whom I could not have written this book, but I hope you don't hold that against them.…

— Dave Barry

Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker in the group, and perhaps life couldn't either.

— Mignon McLaughlin

I thought I was writing for a fairly hip, intelligent crowd; I just thought there were more of them out there. But they're not.…

— Barry Hannah