My son craves picture books about Transformers and Ninja Turtles and the Hulk; they show one fantastic creature smashing or zapping another into... →
Russell Smith
All coffee shops now have WiFi. Why bring a book when you could be wittily attacking some idiot columnist on Twitter, or responding to your date... →
If people didn't read books on the subway, underground journeys would be dreary.
Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20 of them.
Wilbur Smith
My mama loved books; I became fascinated by the wonderful stories that came out of these things she held in her hand - and started to make them up... →
I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background.
I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.
Real men read my books.
You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.
I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be looked on as his... →