“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them. After my father died, the book that sort of saved my life was Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. Because of that experience, I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enables you to live, to do something. And sometimes, human beings need story and narrative more than they need nourishment and food.”
–Actress Emma Thompson on choosing seven “books that made a difference” for O magazine.
Maralyn D. Hill, President 
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success With Writing Where & What in the World
Member: Society of Professional Journalists
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success With Writing Where & What in the World
Member: Society of Professional Journalists
Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, “$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book,”
I also read this quote in “O Magazine”. I am glad that you posted it to share with readers of our Success blog. When we co-authored our first book, “O Magazine” was kind enough to review it. They wrote that “Our Love Affairs with Food and Travel” was “inspiring”. I find ‘O” inspiring.
Thanks Brenda. I’m glad you like it.