Quotes About Literature

Andrea Schulz became my editor in 2009.

My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's actually what I aspired to be.

I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.

I've always been a huge John Guare fan. But Edward Albee - he just can't be beat.

I'm not embarrassed about not having read any book.

Having the book-club army embrace you is a gift that keeps giving for years.

A love of reading shows empathy, the desire to understand how others live or act or might act - and why.

Those of us who write spend our entire lives in an endless English class.

I've always loved the English language. I just like words, you know?

I got my degree in philosophy and English literature; those were my main interests.

I really liked English literature, a subject I did really well at.

I studied French and English literature because I liked it.

I read good. I was an English major.

Who'd want to be a modernist writer in the English-speaking world?

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

The world of literature is so rich and so enriching. The value is inestimable of what reading does for you.

In India, not enough importance is given to writing for children. And what could be more important than the enrichment of young minds with great literature?

Making a book is such a big enterprise.

Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.

I'm not a great writer of literature. I'm an entertainer.

Books should be both enlightening and entertaining.

I'm envious of writers.

'War and Peace' may be the most epic thing ever created by a human being.

I would have loved to have another 10 Eric Ambler books.