“The writings are built by imagination. Emotions fill the colours to them.” — Sameer Khan Copy Share Image
It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing. — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Remember, this person burns books. Does he really deserve to live?” — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
For me writing is that place where I can escape; it's where I let my thoughts run wild. — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human. — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
I don't want everyone to read anything; I like us all reading different books. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil. — William Styron Copy Share Image
“Like most writers, I tend to find out what I feel on a subject by writing about it. It is how we… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
When you're writing, you're making decisions about compression and the shape of a life, which are very similar to how we experience… — Rachel Holmes Copy Share Image
There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth. — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published… — Lisa Alther Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of writing, and writing letters, because I hate when I'm trying to get a thought out, and I can't. — Jessie Reyez Copy Share Image
I had to say to myself, 'I haven't written enough about blackness, yet it's part of my consciousness and my lived experience.'… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“I enjoy sharing my books as I do my friends, asking only that you treat them well and see them safely home.” — Ernest Morgan Copy Share Image
What more could one ask of a companion? To be forever new and yet forever steady. To be strange and familiar all… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Books are like people. Some look deceptively attractive from a distance, some deceptively unappealing; some are easy company, some demand hard work… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I was so sure I wanted to be a novelist. I would spend hours and hours every day writing. Little stories about… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
All of these declarations of what writing ought to be, which I had myself-though, thank God I had never committed them to… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“The main thing is to WRITE. Some days it might be 2000 words. Some days you might tinker with two sentences until… — L.K. Madigan Copy Share Image
“The books are to remind us what asses and fool we are. They're Caeser's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good.… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
The power of reading a great book is that you start thinking like the author. For those magical moments while you are… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
