Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.
Andrew Davies
If you're going to be related to someone it might as well be Dickens.
Harry Lloyd
Dickens is a lover of human beings; a relisher of human beings.
Claire Tomalin
Dickens belongs to the English people.
Dickens is always full of surprises.
Dickens was very practical and sensible.
The young Dickens was so alive, so self-confident, so funny.
Tolkien is as good as Dickens at sketching a scene.
Ian Mckellen