“I had read once, in one of those pre-plague books in the library, that love was bearing witness. That it was the… — Anna Carey Copy Share Image
“Man knows, and in the course of years he comes to know it increasingly well, feeling it ever more acutely, that memory… — Ryszard Kapuściński Copy Share Image
The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you're already writing it for film, because the only way to… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
When I was asked to play 'Miss Marple,' I was given the Kevin Elyot script for 'The Body in the Library.' I… — Geraldine McEwan Copy Share Image
If I'm writing a novel, I'll probably get up in the morning, do email, perhaps blog, deal with emergencies, and then be… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The most obvious difference between writing novels and memoirs is that my memoirs are true stories, and explore certain experiences I've lived,… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
“In many parts of the world you were what you said and what you did and, also, what you read; in Turkey,… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
Kanye [West] just says the funniest analogies that are so random. I should start keeping a book - in 20 years, I'll… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
“If any preposterous bill were brought forward, for giving poor grubbing devils of authors a right to their own property I should… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming there. All the gods sculpted of wood… — Kabir Copy Share Image
Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am trying to write novels for properly clever people, but I also want them to be proper novels that also stick… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I've felt that in the past, where I just felt like I had to keep drawing in the same way to maintain… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
I was always worried about the dishonesty and meretriciousness that often accompanies ego. So I tried to make the memoir as factual… — Dan Burt Copy Share Image
Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I… — Nancy Pearl Copy Share Image
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The most important thing is you can't write what you wouldn't read for pleasure. It's a mistake to analyze the market thinking… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them.… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
For me, Iris West was traditionally white in the comic books. So, you know, comic book fans are very opinionated, very vocal.… — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
Faithiest resonated with me in many ways-not only because, like Chris, I am a gay former-Christian atheist who still thinks of my… — John Corvino Copy Share Image
Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“I've set the vast majority of my books in New England because that's where I live. I love this part of the… — Judith Arnold Copy Share Image
“This mysterious path is described in the holy books, but it cannot be found simply by the study of sacred texts. It… — Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj Copy Share Image
“At every moment I convinced myself that I was gathering material for the novel of my life - all experienced from the… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
That's the old AA maxim, "Always have a drink in your hand and you'll never want a drink." That's one of the… — Clancy Martin Copy Share Image
“The writer, without softening his vision, is obliged to capture or conjure readers. And this means any kind of reader. It means… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“One night I begged Robin, a scientist by training, to watch Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' with me on PBS. He… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
And that's when she put her book down. And looked at me. And said it: "Life isn't fair, Bill. we tell our… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
“I knew the boys in my first novel, which I was writing at that time, weren't as raw as they could be,… — Ward Jesmyn Copy Share Image
You could put your confusion and upset and worries into whatever book you were reading. You could sort of set them down… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Travel books are all sorts - some are autobiographies, some are about falling in love. Some are about having great meals, some… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“More sports for everyone, group spirit, fun and you don't have to think, eh? Organize and organize and superorganize super-super sports. More… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Many, if not most, of the best and most lasting children’s books have multiple levels, some of which are not fully accessible… — Patricia C. Wrede Copy Share Image
“...the novel had reached its apogee with the marriage plot and had never recovered from its disappearance. In the days when success… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I am of the generation of writers who can get instant feedback from readers within hours of publication. The fan forum is… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these… — Edmund White Copy Share Image