A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
I was about 21 when I read that [Mere Christianity], and my faith was really being shaken during those days. Its a great, classic book.
There's a book called 'Where The Wild Things Are,' by American writer Maurice Sendak... it really is the most sublime book. It's a picture book, but it works at so many levels, and it's fantastic.
'Don Quijote' by Cervantes. I read the original Spanish version when I was in high school. Such a classic!
I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.
A noble book! all men's book!
'War and Peace' may be the most epic thing ever created by a human being.
By the nature of cinema and how it literalizes what we envision, movies can have difficulty replicating that connection we make with a classic book.
