All my best friends live downtown in New York City. I was made in Soho. Joakim Noah citydowntownfriend Change image and share on social
All my best memories of my brother are in vehicles, speeding, predatory or celebratory. We were just made to drive. For the last 12 years of his life, he lived as caretaker of an orange grove. There, on 18 acres, my brother collected cars and trucks and motorcycles. Susan Straight acrebrothercar share on social
All my big heroes are literary, writers. Henry Rollins bigheroliterary Change image and share on social
All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it. David Bowie audiencebigguess Change image and share on social
All my books are about one major idea and two or three subsidiary ones. I have thought a lot about music when constructing books, and I like the way in music that themes come back. Sebastian Faulks backbookconstruct Change image and share on social
All my books are accidental books - they come from reacting to things and thinking about things and engaging in a real way. They are not about, 'Oh, did it get a good review in the Guardian?' I don't care. Arundhati Roy accidentalbookcare share on social
All my books are adventures, but they also have a social viewpoint. Anatoly Rybakov adventurebooksocial Change image and share on social
All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and I didn't have much actual living to draw on. I suspect a lot of other people's novels are like that, too, though they might be slower to talk about it. Zadie Smith actualbookdeeply share on social
All my books are very spiritual. I started out writing what was most natural to me, many years ago, which is religious, because I grew up in the jungle, the son of missionaries. I want to know, is God real? What's a priest's role? Ted Dekker agobookgod share on social