Tolkien was such a brilliant writer in so many ways. He was truly an inspiration. Many people don't realize just how much… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8.… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
Mum had done everything you need to educate a kid. She made me a kid who likes books and she told me… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“Without a physical presence on the shelves, the Kindle books seemed slightly insubstantial. There was no equivalent of the satisfying cracked spine.… — Linda Grant Copy Share Image
I don't consciously watch and file lived moments for my work. I have a couple of writer friends who do that and… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
My wife, the actress Megan Mullally, was an English major at Northwestern University and loves fiction. Like so many things in my… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I like to tell untold true stories, or the lesser-known aspects of larger, familiar stories. I think people or topics that are… — Nancy Kates Copy Share Image
She surrounded herself with books at work and at home. Her living space was a testament to her first and abiding love… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“He does manage the bookstore, which is currently my favorite place on earth." Her eyes glazed over. "All those books. If I… — Heather Blake Copy Share Image
“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Our great function is to inform or to inspire, or to please; to give to the public in the quickest and cheapest… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
Cory Doctorow should be too busy for lunch. He's co-editor of, and a prolific contributor to, one of the most influential blogs… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
I read a lot of books. I read because it inspires me and shows me paths that I could never imagine. Sometimes… — Harper Reed Copy Share Image
The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
“If you want to write, practice writing. Practice it for hours a day, not to come up with a story you can… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Sometimes you start flowing and shits starts adding on to whatever cipher you're dealing with. Meanwhile you got all of these thoughts… — Rakim Copy Share Image
If it is noticed that much of my outside work concerns itelf with libraries, there is an extremely good reason for this.… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
In prose fiction the freedom to work honestly exists, although you may have to fight for it. In those other areas of… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
“My dear boy, a piece of advice. Read not so many books, and look a little more upon the Peggies. The little… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I could not write my books without the library's help. Even with the ease of Internet research, I find books to be… — Peg Kehret Copy Share Image
If I could have found what I needed at thirteen, I would not have lost so much of my life chasing vindication… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Novels are completed when they are finished, but the memoir changes its own conclusion by virtue of being written... I was not… — Nuala O'Faolain Copy Share Image
Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on. The teacher, in short, can use reading… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“Narrative nonfiction is an act of conception and construction; it is formation of a personal legend from the mist of memory using… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumé. Be professional. Make sure… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
To have been able to write the books I wanted to write, on demanding subjects like war and the history of psychiatry,… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
“You can be anything in Pittsburgh, a stripper, a writer, a student, a bartender, or something else, or everything else, all of… — Dave Newman Copy Share Image
To me, writing is about how we see. The writers I want to read teach me how to see-see the world differently.… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“No one will write books once they reach heaven, but there is an excellent library, containing all the books written up to… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“work only during the week, and even then I often find excuses not to sit down and bang out the words. I… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course… — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
I write by stealing time. The hours in the day have never felt as if they belonged to me. The greatest number… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“Alone in the worn mahogany paneled library surrounded by hundreds of books that filled every shelf and lined every wall from floor… — Lance Taubold Copy Share Image
“I keep on going with this sad and hungry and sordid, this limping and mutilated story, because after all I want you… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“For me, reading is so much more. Books teach you how other people think, and what they're feeling, and how they change… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
