Quotes by : Michael Dirda

In truth, I'm not really a cat person. Seamus, the wonder dog, still deeply mourned by all who knew him,....

Fiction is a house with many stately mansions, but also one in which it is wise, at least sometimes,....

'The Admirable Crichton' is probably Barrie's most famous work after 'Peter Pan', nearly a pendant to....

For years, I meant to read 'Arabian Sands', Wilfred Thesiger's account of two punishing camel journeys....

Sad to say, multi-tasking is beyond me. I read one book at a time all the way through. If I'm reviewing....

To my mind, 'Dear Brutus' stands halfway between Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and Stephen....

Despite the rising popularity of the downloadable e-text, I still care about physical books, gravitate....

I do think digital media encourages speed-reading, which can be fine if one is simply seeking information.....

Back in the 1950s and '60s, J. M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan' - starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard - was....

It's a sad commentary on our time - to use a phrase much favored by my late father - that people increasingly....