Books Quote by Roger Ebert

Nicholas Sparks recently went on record as saying he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy. This is true in the same sense that…

— Roger Ebert

One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like.

— Leslie Fiedler

I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.

— James Franco

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

“A writer who renders the brutal actions of men in excruciating detail, seldom applying the anesthetic of psychology, [Cormac] McCarthy would much rather orate…

— Richard B. Woodward

“we are never more (and sometimes less) than the co-authors of our own narratives.”

— Alasdair MacIntyre

Every now and then, a writer emerges who just gets better and better. These are the really exciting ones to encounter. Their novels carry…

— Amanda Foreman

“The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer…

— Mark Twain

“You must write as if Dostoyevsky himself will be reading your novel, and Shakespeare will be acting it out.”

— Christina Westover

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

— Ernie Harwell

“Behind every novel is a greater story of how it came to be published.”

— T.L. Rese