Admiration Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay

I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've…

— Alexandra Fuller

“A great book does not have to be a literary masterpiece with complicated sentences and words no one has heard of. It has to…

— Amanda Mackey

“As a guide I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving, and for many the guide was inevitably often at…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Perhaps a book becomes a classic in proportion to how broadly its characters can be scavenged, how many readers find within it something they…

— Janna Malamud Smith

Your book may be a masterpiece but do not suggest that to the publisher because many of the most hopeless manuscripts that have come…

— Stanley Unwin

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no…

— Anonymous

“Writing is enormously satisfying, a little difficult at times, but rewarding, especially when someone really loves the book - that is the ultimate joy.”

— A.H. Richardson

“It is remarkable, the character of the pleasure we derive from the best books. They impress us with the conviction, that one nature wrote…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious.

— Criss Jami

This Is Not a Novel memorializes the treasures and detritus of one man's singularly cultured mind. (...) If you don't know Writer's work at…

— Michael Dirda

Though it's marvelously entertaining, and I had fantastic fun writing the book, it's not terribly easily, the material, and it's not all that familiar...although…

— Marina Warner

“A good book is like a stream, with which we can flow slowly, playfully, it lets us savor the joy of weaving the magic…

— Balroop Singh