“Nicola Barker is both prodigiously talented and admirably fearless. I ...” — Justin Cartwright Quote

“Nicola Barker is both prodigiously talented and admirably fearless. I have loved her books. But for some time, I had little or no idea what the point of the story of Sri Ramakrishna was. In fact, he was one of the outstanding men of 19th-century India.”

“This is the strange thing about South Africa - for all its corruption and crime, it seems to offer a stimulating sense that anything is possible.”

“I thought that, post-apartheid, there would be absolutely no interest in South Africa. That has been both true and untrue. The major writers like Gordimer and Coetzee have produced major books. But some of the more minor writers have drifted away.”

“Mummy was the fearless one.”

“I think I'm a pretty brave girl, but I wouldn't say I'm fearless.”

“'Waking the Fallen' truly encompasses everything that Avenged Sevenfold was at that time. It was us being fearless, us showing our roots in heavy metal, punk, rock n' roll, and not being afraid to try everything under the sun when it comes to writing music.”