Quotes About Kurlansky

I sometimes think there is nothing really to be said about a novel but 'read the book.' I have a jaundiced view of literary critics.

A modern revolutionary group, explained Abbie Hoffman, headed for the television station, not the factory.

Massachusetts had elevated cod from commodity to fetish.

Storytelling is really at the root of everything that I do.

I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor is the first victim of translation.