70 Quotes About Dickens

Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first.

I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens - Thackeray himself.

My father read Dickens out loud. My mother would say 'We're going to the workhouse'. This to me was real. I was headed for the gruel.

Dickens had more energy than anyone in the world, and he expected his sons to be like him, and they couldn't be.

After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.

As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the same voice.

Something went wrong with my right arm. I no longer could throw hard, and it hurt like the dickens every time I threw.