Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later. — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
We have some writers so abstruse and deep that they drown themselves in their fathomless sentences. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
I can certainly sympathize with writers who don't want to put themselves or their loved ones at risk. — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book. — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly interesting one when I was a young… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
I am an old-fashioned storyteller. I try to make people laugh and cry. A fiction writer's duty is to entertain. If you… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
All writers are obviously neurotic... For various reasons, writers retreat into an imaginary world because they find ordinary life rather difficult or… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I would very much like to be one of those writers who have something really clear in their head to say, and… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching the Flame, which was on hold for… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
As soon as you publish a book and the reader reads it, they're making an extension of your brain with their brain. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I have friends who are writers, but we don't tend to talk about literature very much. It's just not part of my… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I've tried to write in a way that transcends beyond just sexuality and is more about letting go of our fear and… — Calum Scott Copy Share Image
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Not counting 'Small Steps,' I think 'Holes' is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
“Dewey Hall was the only building on campus not made of brick, and the tornado came for it in absolute maturity, no… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice… — Stanley Ellin Copy Share Image
Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the feeling that… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
“Always the same seesaw. The fear that my scribbling could get me put into a concentration camp. The feeling that it is… — Victor Klemperer Copy Share Image
I've never been able to force a novel. I always had the sense something being given to me. You can't sit around… — Margaret Laurence Copy Share Image
The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting,… — Donald Murray Copy Share Image
