Naturally, I mine my girlfriends' lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my books.
Lauren Weisberger
Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer - I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been Jewish, and I wouldn't be surprised if... →
'Ageism,' or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other cultures. And no one... →
Paul Weller
The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is... →
Julius Wellhausen
It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't.
Carolyn Wells
I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from going out... →
Irvine Welsh
Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time... →
It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite... →
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of... →
Eudora Welty
I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books.
Pete Wentz