“To start ranking composers working in this tradition does a small disservice to the countless moments of accidental transcendence that are possible not just in the writer’s hand, but in the buildings for which the music was written, in the subtle personal intimacies of a small choir’s members lookin…”— Nico Muhly, nytimes.com
“Having the music be a meditative space, with micro-narratives and different areas of intensity, feels more intimately communicative than expecting everybody to agree: ‘Ah, that was the sad bit,’ and ‘That was the climax right there.’”— Nico Muhly, nytimes.com
“If you’re an old soul, you don’t fool around with e-readers. In fact, you’re probably one of the few that still visits the library on the regular.”— Karen Wathen, thoughtcatalog.com
“They read constantly. Interesting digital articles are nice, but for them, nothing is better than cracking open a brand new, actual book.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com
“At a time when so much of our politics is trying to manage this clash of cultures brought about by globalization and technology and migration, the role of stories to unify — as opposed to divide, to engage rather than to marginalize — is more important than ever.”— Barack Obama, nytimes.com
“There is no substitute for touch, no substitute for love, but reading about someone else's commitment to discovering and admitting their desires was so deeply moving that I sometimes found I was physically shaking as I read.”— Olivia Laing, amazon.com
“In the age of algorithms and social media, can we create an enclave where creative and intellectual sophistication still matter?”— Chris Lavergne, techcrunch.com
“Nevertheless, there is important work to be done in philosophy, journalism, biography, and other genres that may never be bestsellers but are just as important to society. Such stories are like elegant math problems that, while not applicable to a wide audience, are still useful to those who know ho…”— Chris Lavergne, techcrunch.com
“We wanted readers, not just visitors; artistic appreciation, not just social likes.”— Chris Lavergne, techcrunch.com
“Books aren’t an antiquated technology. Books are cutting-edge technology.”— Chris Lavergne, techcrunch.com
“Let my stories do what stories always do. Let them keep you from your darker dreams and from your darker journey. Let them keep you here.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it as a great doorway to learning...rather than one great dull answer to all our questions.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say.”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“'To read' actually comes from the Latin reri 'to calculate, to think' which is not only the progenitor of 'read' but of 'reason' as well, both of which hail from the Greek arariskein 'to fit.' Aside from giving us 'reason,' arariskein also gives us an unlikely sibling, Latin arma meaning 'weapons.'…”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“Sometimes, though, porn’s defenders overcompensate. They are too ready to interpret the lack of unequivocal data about porn’s impact as unequivocal proof that there is no impact. In a field as hard to measure as sexual behavior, this seems unwise. Pornography may be more likely to turn us into solip…”— Katrina Forrester, newyorker.com
“Once in a life, if a person chooses to go through these things, then maybe the act of writing them down could be a gift, so that others might know that should they suffer their romances or their love of things, they're not alone.”— Ryan Adams, amazon.com