“As you can see, when I write, I like to look like I’m recovering from tuberculosis.” — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
You have the itch for writing born in you. It's quite incurable. What are you going to do with it? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Being a writer brings out a sassy woman inside me, and I love her so.” — Anna Bayes Copy Share Image
“Any adult with an ID can get a free “reader identification” and use the library.” — Patricia Schultz Copy Share Image
Read and write with a sensitive ear. The craft of writing is very important. Practice the craft. — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I love telling stories, whether I'm the human instrument that helps tell that story, or I'm the man behind the curtain. — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
My dad is a great writer. Naturally talented, naturally charming. He embodies that back-in-the-day cool. — Drake Copy Share Image
In general, short stories are less read than before, they're less published than before and, not surprisingly, they're less taught than before. — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I do love the weird, and I realize that I write much in that tradition, so I'm happy to be counted in… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
Writers end up writing stories-or rather, stories' shadows-and they're grateful if they can, but it is not enough. Nothing the writer can… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
You don't make a decision about being a writer. There was a point, aged 21, when it became clear that this is… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
“Not matter what your sacred or religious book is, it's not how well you know the book, it's how well you're in… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“The editing of a good piece of writing is like the editing of one's life: never quite complete; rendering all, ultimately, unfinished… — KC Woodworth Copy Share Image
“He looked at me and smiled. I was thinking he would fit in perfectly at any college campus across the country. Instead,… — David Grant Urban Copy Share Image
I think the biggest advice I can offer is don't just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can,… — Dwayne McDuffie Copy Share Image
It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“A good writer knew when not to write. Anybody could type. Not that I was a good typist; also I couldn’t spell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“book and happened to strike a wonderful passage I would close the book then and there and go for a walk. I… — Rosalyn D'Mello Copy Share Image
Writing relies on very few things, my friend. All you need to write is your brain, a way to convey the story… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
His examiner said severely: "Baskerville, you blank round, discursiveness is not literature." "The aim of literature," Baskerville replied grandly, "is the creation… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
