I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people... →
Ann Patchett
I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.
I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.
Some say it is the elements of hope and wonder in children's books that make them special. But there are many dark young adult novels these days.... →
Katherine Paterson
I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.
It's such a thrill when an adult comes up to me and says, 'I read your book as a child and really loved it.' That's a tremendous... →
Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be... →
I think if a book has the power to move a reader, it also has the power to offend a reader. And you want your books to have power, so you just have... →
I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can want a movie to be exactly... →
In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
Danica Patrick