Diets Quote by Roger Ross Williams

“who are always right, and are given to reminding us of it, are irritating; prophets are irritating, and Owen Meany is decidedly a prophet.…

— John Irving

And then he tells her stories. Myths he learned from his instructor. Fantasies he created himself, inspired by bits and pieces of others read…

— Erin Morgenstern

“If you were to draw a map of the two of them, of where they started out and where they would both end up,…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“That image of how the children can lift Owen over their heads in Sunday school—how he is light enough so they can easily pass…

— John Irving

Bret Easton Ellis is a social satirist; I consider myself aligned with how he does things. Bret doesn't write about that which he loves…

— Roger Avary

When I was growing up, my idea of a writer was someone like Sven Hassel, that mysterious Danish author who wrote thrillers about men…

— Andrew O'Hagan

Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Keep in mind that in the whole long tradition of storytelling, from Greek myths through Shakespeare through King Arthur and Robin Hood, this whole…

— Michael Montoure

“To grow up steeped in these tellings was to learn two unforgettable lessons: first, that stories were not true (there were no "real" genies…

— Salman Rushdie

“The clash of Watson’s and Hollerith’s personalities was a classical example of a brash, energetic, visionary newcomer confronting a staid traditionalist.”

— James Essinger

The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become…

— Peter Wessel Zapffe

“Myth is history in a masquerade costume. Peel away the fantastical facade, and you will always find a core of truth." Adrien Morel”

— Louisa Burton