Admire Quote by William Goldman

“You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance…

— William Goldman

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.

— Rachel Gibson

The Notebook ... that’s my favorite one. I’ve read that book 30 times. It gives a true depiction of two people that are in…

— Kevin Gates

I loved reading 'Anne of Green Gables' and 'Little Women' and Jane Austen. Those were times when people really did have only one true…

— Annaleigh Ashford

A classic is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps those circumstances alive.

— Alfred Kazin

The first book I bought was 'Anne of Green Gables,' an edition that is beautiful and complete - one I hope to read with…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

'The Lord of the Rings,' obviously, had a huge, huge impact on me. I read a lot of 'Hardy Boys,' also. I liked the…

— Blake Crouch

Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and wonderful -…

— Jessica Brown Findlay

I don't think with any book you get used to people falling in love with the story. It's been incredible just to realize your…

— Jennifer Armentrout

The first book I really loved was 'Little Women' - I'd have given anything for Beth to have been allowed to live; I remember…

— Helen Oyeyemi

'The Man Who Loved Children,' Christina Stead's masterpiece, remains the most fabulous book that hardly anyone I know has read.

— Jonathan Franzen

A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading.

— Italo Calvino