“If you haven't the creative urge, or if it is fulfilled elsehow, then, although you may be a skilled craftsman, writing the… — Christopher Milne Copy Share Image
Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
“I remembered how it had been first learning to read, how the squiggles of print finally organized themselves slowly and painfully into… — Elizabeth Joy Arnold Copy Share Image
“It also seems that the unhappy writers are the enduring writer. Hampered or limited by their suffering, literature becomes their focus and… — Cirilo F. Bautista Copy Share Image
I write as if I were drunk. It is a process of intuition rather than placing myself above my story like a… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
This may be a little bit of a provocative thing to say, but the memoirist doesn't owe the reader anything other than… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“And now a word about librarians. We are all, from our youngest years, warned that the most dangerous, untrustworthy creature is that… — Joseph Fink Copy Share Image
“Eric Waschke, a bookseller obsessed with far-flung bookshops – he’s visited three thousand bookstores across 53 countries, an odyssey to explore ‘the… — Pradeep Sebastian Copy Share Image
“All I can say is . . . All I can say is we’ll figure it out, I swear. When I read… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
You need a place to work that works for you, and you need people to understand that when you are writing, you… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I think fiction can help us find everything. You know, I think that in fiction you can say things and in a… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
I carry around a notebook that is equal parts day planner and journal. Every morning, I check to see what the agenda… — Kit Williamson Copy Share Image
I would like to write a novel, or at least try to write one, although my motives are not entirely pure. For… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
“Then there are the books that shine in my memory, milestones along the horizontal course of my life. I remember not just… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
People generally will soon understand that writers should be judged, not according to rules and species, which are contrary to nature and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“It's commonplace to say that we 'love' a book, but when we say it, we mean all sorts of things. Sometimes we… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“Even great, best selling writers produce works that fall flat from expectations. This writing thing isn't easy and everything you produce won't… — Nancy Arroyo Ruffin Copy Share Image
“I love telling stories for a living. The process of writing has its frustrations, but also its joys (there’s no high like… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
'A People's History of the United States' was actually a very big book for me. I read it in high school, and… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
“Knowledge equals power... The string was important. After a while the Librarian stopped. He concentrated all his powers of librarianship. Power equals… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books.… — Grace Lin Copy Share Image
My wife calls me the Imelda Marcos of books. As soon as a book enters our home it is guaranteed a permanent… — Michael Moritz Copy Share Image
One of the things my friends would tell you is that I hang out with a lot of non-writers - just regular… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
As I read 'The Infinities', with its magical, playful richness, its sensuous delight in the power of language to convey the strangeness… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
“It is symptomatic of the constricting specialism and the oppressive burden of fact of our time that it has been left to… — Royston Lambert Copy Share Image
Like so many aspiring writers who still have boxes of things they've written in their parents' houses, I filled notebooks with half-finished… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
What I need to write is a complicated equation. Maybe if I knew I'd be one of those writers, one of the… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
I did a lot of this through writing flashbacks. Many of the flashbacks took place at Cal's school and I eventually cut… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
“What immediately strikes me is just how tattered the books are. Some of the spines have split. The binding has loosened and… — Anders Rydell Copy Share Image
“In December 2008, I had the book with me while we waited for Dr. O'Reilly. Mom had already finished it. Every time… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“Reading is one of the most pleasurable activities out there. On a scale of human enjoyment I once found in a reference… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books should be right up there with exercise and diet as something that don't just entertain us but heal us. They tell… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can't… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
By cultivating an interest in a few good books which contain the result of the toil or the quintessence of the genius… — Thomas Starr King Copy Share Image
“The novel is a hybrid genre and a large part of its charm arises from the alluvial nature of its materials. There… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession would be… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
