“for me, reading is remembering. the simplicity of knowing what's coming isn't so simple after all.” — Cat Patrick Copy Share Image
Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others. — David Macaulay Copy Share Image
“Books keep you company when you're alone. They're your friends through a rainy day.” — Owl Copy Share Image
Reading. I know it's not a very active activity, but it is in my head. — Rachel Miner Copy Share Image
“Two people at a cocktail party. One turns to the other and says: "I'm writing a novel." The other replies, "Neither am… — Private Eye Copy Share Image
“I'm a librarian, i'm a librarian and I like it quiet So, the pages can be heard I'm a librarian, i'm a… — Jonathan Rundman Copy Share Image
I do worry that it's impossible to write something original, that there's nothing that a human hasn't already thought of. But I… — Arthur Phillips Copy Share Image
There are definitely parts of me in most of the protagonists I write, but I find a bit of distance can be… — John K. Samson Copy Share Image
People who give an unconditional credit to the work of original thinker, writer and doer, deserve an equal plaudit. — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to write in such a way that will make people think, Why, I've always thought that but never… — Pamela Hansford Johnson Copy Share Image
“Reading books about gardens is a potent pastime; books nourish a gardener's mind in the same way as manure nourishes plants.” — Mirabel Osler Copy Share Image
I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside. — Barry Mann Copy Share Image
The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
It's always a better choice to write a new book than it is to keep pounding your head against the submissions wall… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
“Benefiting from peak times to read They are the times when the brain is in its full activity and attentiveness. The daily… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
Honestly, the essence of publishing hasn't changed. Since the days of the cave man carving stuff on the cave walls, people have… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
“For a writer, I'm not sure that feeling of knowing you've just written something good and strong can be trumped. Not because… — Cara Rosalie Olsen Copy Share Image
“Writing for the sake of writing, writing that draws its credibility from its very existence, is a foreign idea to most Americans.… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Don't be a writer; it's a terrible way to live your life. There's nothing to be gained from it but poverty and… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I'm not committed as a writer, in the usual sense of the term, either religiously or politically. And I'm not conscious of… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
