Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.
More Author Quotes
- I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.
- If people associate me with a region, that's fine with me.
- In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought of that until a critic pointed that out.
- Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.
- The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They're very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged.
Most Cited Authors
William Shakespeare2362
Cassandra Clare2086
Ralph Waldo Emerson2017
Paulo Coelho1839
Rajneesh1644
Sherrilyn Kenyon1633
Mark Twain1626
C. S. Lewis1624
Rick Riordan1549
Oscar Wilde1401
Albert Einstein1372
J. K. Rowling1274
Rumi1268
Friedrich Nietzsche1258
John Green1254
Swami Vivekananda1206
Thomas Jefferson1179
Richelle Mead1130
Barack Obama1115
Henry David Thoreau1086
Terry Pratchett1070
Stephen King1024
Mahatma Gandhi1019
Jodi Picoult1016
Neil Gaiman977
Haruki Murakami976
Laozi972
27
The Best Quotes
John Lennon 
Samuel Goldwyn 
John Kennedy Toole 
Christopher Walken 
George Washington 
Dennis Prager 
Voltaire 
Thomas Merton 
Paul Gallico 
Richard Branson 
Phillips Brooks 
Neale Donald Walsch 
Margaret Cho Most Liked Authors
- William Shakespeare46.4k
- Cassandra Clare40.9k
- Ralph Waldo Emerson38.9k
- Paulo Coelho35.9k
- Rajneesh32k
- Sherrilyn Kenyon31.8k
- Mark Twain31.7k
- C. S. Lewis31k
- Rick Riordan30.4k
- Oscar Wilde26.9k
- Albert Einstein26.8k
- J. K. Rowling24.6k
- John Green24.5k
- Friedrich Nietzsche24.4k
- Rumi24.3k
- Swami Vivekananda23.3k
- Thomas Jefferson22.7k
- Richelle Mead22.2k
- Barack Obama21.6k
- Terry Pratchett21k
- Henry David Thoreau20.6k
- Stephen King19.8k
- Jodi Picoult19.8k
- Mahatma Gandhi19.7k
- Neil Gaiman19.2k
- Laozi19.1k
- Haruki Murakami19k
27