Book Quote by Tom Stoppard

I never read Ford Madox Ford's "The Good Soldier." I've been reading books that I should have read years ago and did not. That's…

— Stephen Dobyns

I read 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford again every so often.

— Ned Beauman

'The Good Soldier' is an odd and maybe even unique book. That it is a masterpiece, almost a perfect novel, comes as a repeated…

— Jane Smiley

“[W]e are almost always in one place with our minds somewhere quite other.” ― Ford Madox Ford, Critical Essays of Ford Madox Ford”

— Ford Madox Ford

A Good Soldier is one of my favorite novels, for various reasons. But the class question is a good one, because it's not always…

— Matthew Specktor

You know, 'Mad Max' and 'The Road Warrior' was part of my childhood, and that's why I'm so close to it. I remember seeing…

— Jim Root

Joaquin Jackson's frank and colorful account of his long career as a modern-day Texas Ranger thrills like an action novel, yet the stories are…

— Elmer Kelton

Ashton Ford will come as something of a surprise to those of you who have been with me over the years. This is not…

— Don Pendleton

'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought the character was genius. It was…

— Patrick Fischler

“You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth…

— Siegfried Sassoon

I'm a big fan of the 70's action films. Where there is a lot of character and a lot of great action, but the…

— George Tillman, Jr

The more film I watch, the more John Ford looks like a giant. His politics aren't so good, and you have to learn to…

— Jonathan Lethem