Time Quote by Umberto Eco

“He spoke obliviously and happily, believing himself to be a perfect pitch raconteur and public performer, while everyone with him held their breath.”

— Michael Wolff

“He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“He was one of those people whose ideas are too lively to be confined in their brains and spill out into the world to…

— Susanna Clarke

“tilted his head when listening, giving everyone he spoke to the impression of his undivided attention.”

— Mina Baites

“He wanted most of all the people of his own mind, people with whom he could really talk, people he could harangue and scold…

— Sherwood Anderson

“His voice was a deep and quiet rumble. It made me think of a freshly tuned tractor engine.. He didn't sound illiterate, but he…

— Stephen King

“He didn't shut up when people wanted him to, he made them listen - and then he listened in return. He refused to take…

— E. Lockhart

“I studied him the way I studied all the people in my life, noticing the changes of his mood, the times when the edge…

— Roland Merullo

“His manner showed a curious mixture of longing and enthusiasm, which is to say that his enthusiasms were always of a wistful sort, and…

— Eleanor Catton

“They were good listeners, worldly yet easily shocked, hungry for details, curious and nonjudgmental at the same time, always happy to give advice, but…

— Tom Perrotta

“He was more interested in listening and gathering information than in asserting his opinion or dominating a conversation. He was also widely admired; when…

— Susan Cain

“Like many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise.”

— Barbara Kingsolver