Book Quote by Tao Lin

I'm a big admirer of Daniel Woodrell for his beautiful, precise, sparse prose - I don't do succinct well, so I'm in awe of…

— Tana French

I think Douglas [Douglas Adams] was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real science that…

— Lalla Ward

I have dipped into Ian McEwan and so on. I tend not to stick with one writer. But I dip in here and there.

— John Gimlette

Aaron Sorkin uses a lot of the same people again and again - the people he likes. I think if there's ever a part…

— Allison Janney

In many respects most of the books I write deal with well-known people. I think of those books as more about me than about…

— Adam Braver

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

I love James Baldwin essays, but also his novels. I recently read "Another Country." I couldn't believe how ahead of his time he was.

— Laila Lalami

I genuinely was just such a fan of the books. When I heard that this was on the cards, I've got to do this;…

— Daniel Craig

I've been reading a book lately. That book is Thom Yorke, and the conclusion is that he's brilliant.

— Thom Yorke

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the…

— E. L. Doctorow

I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can't be like any other…

— Paul Kane

I'm obsessed with Nicholas Sparks. I've literally read every single book, because every time I travel, at the airport, I always buy a new…

— Emma Roberts