“Much of the excitement of a new novel lies in the repudiation of the one written before.” — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“—I really prefer books. No matter how bad a book is, it's unique, but people are all so ordinary. —I think we… — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
“In the novels he was to write as an adult, transformation (along with liberation and celebration) was a major theme.” — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
From the beginning. I was a poem-writing child. I wrote little novels in my composition book when I was eight, nine years… — Joan Larkin Copy Share Image
I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort. — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
My writing often contains souvenirs of the day - a song I heard, a bird I saw - which I then put… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“You want to dance with me?” “Now? Here?” “Sun’s almost gone. In my book it couldn't get more perfect, throwing back a… — Christina Coryell Copy Share Image
For research, I like to go to the location of the places in the novels. The first thing that I do is… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“Drawing conclusions is up to the jury, that is, the readers. My only job is to be talented, that is, to know… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
“I have finally reverted the publishing rights for my Cocoon Trilogy back to me and, for the first time, e-published the final… — David Saperstein Copy Share Image
If you expect to grow your business, you need to be plotting out your schedules days in advance. Until you get that… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
I like buying drones, hover boards, 360-degree cameras and fabulous cars. I am a little bit like a boy. I also spend… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning; whereas, the experience gained from actual life… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Anthropological fieldwork is so much like writing a novel. Granted, you don't have the physical disruption and disorientation, but writing a novel… — Lily King Copy Share Image
“I held it close to my face and smelled the ink. I have always loved the smell of ink in a new… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Cool Story Bro..Why Don't You Write A Book About iT Then Sell iT To Someone Who Actually Gives A Fuhk..! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think when you first start out, you're writing books that are about your immediate place. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Every day you live is a page. Every year, a chapter. Your life, a book. What is it about? — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“I read Charles Duhigg’s best-selling book The Power of Habit, which really opened my eyes.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I hate to write! But I love to talk, so I'm told that when people read my books, it like I'm there… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
A novel determines its own size and shape and I've never tried to stretch an idea beyond the frame and structure it… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I rely on poetry or literature to keep me centered before I go onstage because it reminds me to be present. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
If my life has got a book, I will write a word 'Super Junior' the biggest in it. — Eunhyuk Copy Share Image
“Listen to those characters in your head...sit down and just write a good book.” — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Exposition suggests a great trust in the reader, and this expression of trust makes a book feel tender. — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
An e-mail from a reader says that liberals like to take the moral high ground, even though their own moral relativism means… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
All I'd ever wanted to do in my life was write and publish books, and woe to anyone who stood in my… — Jenna Blum Copy Share Image
I've always read a lot of historical books and I'm a big fan of documentaries, and I've always thought of ways to… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
We need to substitute for the book a device that will make it easy to transmit information without transporting material. — J. C. R. Licklider Copy Share Image
Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
To read a book is to hold an entire world in the palm of your hand. That world is unique to you;… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Joke in book: "You know the difference between a brownnoser and a shithead, right? Depth perception.” — Elisabeth Naughton Copy Share Image
We read the world - television, movies, songs, books - and the people in it through the lens of our own lives. — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
I studied every page of this book, and I didn't find enough love to fill a salt shaker. God is not love… — Ruth Hurmence Green Copy Share Image
