Book Quote by Rodney Crowell

I grew up listening to Mary J. Blige's music. When I initially met her, it was like, 'Oh, wow. I'm meeting this woman whose…

— Dee Rees

A lot of times, when I go back to books I loved when I was young, I don't quite understand what it was that…

— Ellen Potter

I've listened to 'Frank' so many times. She was so honest and herself. I think one of the hardest things for an artist to…

— Jorja Smith

“I wrote the last sentence of The Patron Saint of Liars in early April and stumbled out of my apartment and into the beautiful…

— Ann Patchett

Truth only needs to be for once spoken out; and there's such music in her, such strange rhythm, as makes men's memories her joyous…

— James Russell Lowell

Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books.

— Carolyn Hart

As a youngster when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something…

— Sam Smith

When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the…

— S. E. Hinton

I want to be as honest as I can about the things I've been through - the sorrows and joys, victories and defeats -…

— Jim Cole

“I can remember her singing, the thrill of it," she said. "She was one of my first inspirations.The people around me provided all the…

— Taylor Swift

I was so in love with books from as early as I remember that it seemed a natural step to want to create them.…

— Marie Rutkoski

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases…

— Kazuo Ishiguro