What I thought we ought to try to do in a book like this is to focus closely on Lincoln, himself, to see what he knew, how he knew it, how he came to... →
David Herbert Donald
When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
John Donne
I've always wanted to do a Crichton book. I really love his writing.
Richard Donner
It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at... →
I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge and had no space to keep... →
Emma Donoghue
Ah yes, the paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the... →
I'm not at all snobby about book prizes and how they pollute the world of literature. Just like with the Olympics, a little bit of competition... →
I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.
Charles Van Doren
Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
Gabby Douglas
Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of... →
Rita Dove