I think I'm much more comfortable talking about other books than my own! — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I loved writing the Spellman novels, but I never had any plan to only write in one genre. — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write. — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
“E.L. James. Best damn author of our time, if you ask me. She really nailed it with that tampon scene. Pure enlightenment.” — Christina Elle Copy Share Image
People say that the Bible is a boring book...but they don't say that about Shakespeare, because the people who teach Shakespeare are… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Great readers, great listeners, and all have great work ethics. ... They work hard at what they do and they're devout to… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
“Some people are fond of horses, others of wild animals; in my case, I have been possessed since childhood by a prodigious… — Julian the Apostate Copy Share Image
I came out with a book called The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language. It's a book that describes how… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“This book argues that mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow and that all those who care about social justice should… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much self-taught - I never went to any courses. If I want to learn about, say, the frontal lobe, I'll… — Keith Barry Copy Share Image
For the first ten years after I got out of graduate school, I studied success. I read every book I could get… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“Stories survive not just because of empathetic characters that we can still identify with but because the author has something to say… — Victoria Connelly Copy Share Image
An avid reader, I never missed a book by Judy Blume or Agatha Christie. They both remain two of my favorite authors.… — Kambri Crews Copy Share Image
Sturmhond, a privateer from the second book in the series, Siege and Storm,' is probably my favorite character. He's pure confidence and… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“When I watch my anime shows or read my books I cry. I genuinely honest to god cry. Because I feel upset… — Trisscar Copy Share Image
“What could be more lovely than writing a book about something you love?” — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare? — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
If knowledge does not bring money, the book is its place, not the brain. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A first building is like a first novel, it is always autobiographical. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
Writing is a vessel...with readers the ocean and authors as its sails... — William Petersen Copy Share Image
