Quotes About Author

I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found the diary of William E. Dodd.

I always like Iain Banks science fiction stuff and William Gibson's cyberpunk stuff from the 1980s.

Toni Morrison has a habit, perhaps traceable to the pernicious influence of William Faulkner, of plunging into the narrative before the reader has a clue to what is going on.

I don't have an agent - I have the William Morris Agency.

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

I don't read a lot of fiction, but one of my favorite authors is William Kennedy; his books, to me, almost read like historical dramas because the mythologies are so detailed as he wove fiction with the factual history of Albany.

William Trevor is an author I admire; his stories are subtle and powerful, and beautifully written.

I love William Gibson.

William James was not a prophet. He was a philosopher whose philosophy reflected his profound humanity.

The hardest part of writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was probably the sheer amount of iambic pentameter and tiptoeing around certain scenes I knew would be hot-button issues for 'Star Wars' fans.

I was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.

Seldom has a politician left public office with more self-generated fanfare than Sen. William S. Cohen.

I found a book facing out that I'd always meant to read: William Shirer's 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.' About a third of the way through, I suddenly, finally caught up to the fact that Shirer had been there in Berlin, from 1934 on, and was finally kicked out when the U.S. entered the war.

I met William Burroughs in 1971. I got his address through a magazine and went to London to spend time with him.

For Prince William, I focused more on doing a bad impression of a romantic lead than on Prince William himself.

Neuromancer' by William Gibson is a cyberpunk classic.

I think Robbie Williams is an utter and complete prat. His last record was a pile of rubbish.

The argument that capitalism was dependent on slavery is, of course, not new. In 1944, Eric Williams, in 'Capitalism and Slavery,' made the case.

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.

A lot of people don't know that my background is completely classical. For a while there, I was all about Moliere and the Greeks and Brecht and Tennessee Williams.

Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it.

I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams.

Williams is one of the big names in F1 with a really strong pedigree, so it is an honour to be driving for them.

James Horner, James Newton Howard, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, or Ramin Djawadi would all be a dream come true for a 'Throne of Glass' soundtrack.