“Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons.” PeopleThinkingWritingHas BeensReasonLiteratureOpinionTakenLike MeDramaticPublic OpinionPrintedWrong ReasonsDramatic Change Author:Anthony Holden
“There will always be people like me, who believe that to ripple the pages of a printed book is a special experience, one that through the centuries has taken millions from the darkness into the light.” PeopleBelieveBookLightMillionsDarknessTakenSpecialCenturyPagesLike MePrintedRipplePrinted Books Author:Quintin Jardine
“if there is one place in the United States where private styles make up for public images, it is San Francisco, where all lapsed lovers of America, even loyalists like me experiencing spasms of disillusionment, should be taken for refresher courses. The tides of all-American conformity beat vainly against the San Franciscan rock.” IfsShouldStatesAmericaCoursesUnitedUnited StatesTakenRocksStyleLoversBeatsLike MeConformityTidesSan FranciscoDisillusionmentFranciscansPublic ImageLoyalists Author:Jan Morris
“What greater prestige can a man like me (not too gifted, but very understanding) have than to have taken a cheap, shoddy and utterly lost kind of writing, and have made of it something that intellectuals claw each other about?” MenWritingKindMadeLostUnderstandingTakenGreaterLike MeGiftedPrestigeClaws Book:The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words Source: The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words
“Oh dear me, the Booker people don't like me. I don't care. I have been given an award for being taken not seriously, and I am very, very pleased about that.” PeopleHas BeensCareGivenTakenDearDon't CareLike MeI Don't CareAwardsDon't Like MeDear Me Author:Terry Pratchett