“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.” ― J.D Salinger

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” - Thomas Mann

“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.” - G.K Chesterton