I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the story itself that will carry me, and the... →
David Maraniss
My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.
Ben Marcus
If 'Mystery Train' is my Nixon book and 'Lipstick Traces' my Reagan book, 'Invisible Republic' is my Bill Clinton book. I... →
Greil Marcus
My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story', the... →
Juliet Marillier
One of the things I would love to do is 'Axe Cop,' which is a comic book. I would like to be involved in 'Axe Cop' someday. I would... →
Ken Marino
The kind of stuff I usually read is a bit more on the literary side, like books that I think are influential in the sense that they're doing... →
Isaac Marion
I've never read one book about my father.
Ziggy Marley
One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.
Brit Marling
I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter in a word in a... →
Laura Marling
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
Don Marquis