In fact, every day I'll read a chapter of some art book. I don't know why. It's just a habit. — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
“I have always been good at reading, but I have never been good at reading between the lines.” — Nick Lake Copy Share Image
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I learnt to read when I was five, and I think that is the most important thing that happened to me. — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Writer’s block is akin to a “vacancy” sign; if you wait long enough they will eventually fill.” — Nanette L. Avery Copy Share Image
For me, when you're writing out your problems, you can kind of figure out what you're feeling. Once you know what the… — Coco Gauff Copy Share Image
The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I live in the writing, as the words come out of my throat burning all that I see in the surreal valley… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
There are different types of readers. People draw lines at which three things intersect: the character, the author, and the reader. — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
Some of my best moments have been in friends' libraries. They give you a sense of quiet, well-being and order that a… — David Linley Copy Share Image
“For a moment I was distracted. Books always did that to me... I liked the creamy pages, the smell of ink, all… — Elizabeth C. Bunce Copy Share Image
I would love to continue to tell stories that are constructive to our society; I would love to continue to portray characters… — Kiana Madeira Copy Share Image
...with each new book of mine I have always the feeling that this time I have picked a lemon in the garden… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think there is an enormous diference between speaking and writing. One rereads what one writes. But one might read it slowly… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“A book can be pocketed and discarded, scrawled and torn into pages, lost and bought again. It can be dragged out from… — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I dont believe it, I have to work… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
When you're teaching creative nonfiction, it helps to have written about your life in a very open way, because you can say,… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“There’s a chasm between writing about yourself and writing about your personal life. A lot of young writers want to turn their… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Copy Share Image
It all adds up; never discount your efforts, because small efforts build big things. One word doesn't make a novel, but one… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I have been writing in spurts, bit by bit. It is incredibly difficult. Everything is corroded, broken, dismantled; everything is covered with… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“When a hot trend turns into a sub-category, new strictures arise along with it. Tropes turn into shortcuts, character paradigms become cardboard… — Donald Maass Copy Share Image
