I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as a method… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“Do you ever hide books you've read over and over again because you're so sick of them?' 'Oh, definitely. When they ask… — Gina Sheridan Copy Share Image
If you ask me now, I think every single writer whose work I've read has had some influence upon me, and I… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
You spend all this time inside, alone, writing. And then it becomes about travel and new places and new people. And I… — Garance Dore Copy Share Image
For most of my writing life, I've refused to allow myself to believe that writing was a significant form of action. I… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
I think the best thing I ever did was, years before I got the 'Late Night' show, when I first got out… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm up at 8:30 every morning, and I write from about 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. - with some breaks, of course.… — Sarah Mlynowski Copy Share Image
But once an idea for a novel seizes a writer...well, it’s like an inner fire that at first warms you and makes… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I'm such a magpie. I'll get halfway through one thing and pick up something else. I always have 5 or 6 books… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
It's a bit cliche, but you can't go wrong by writing what you know. Even if you're a horrible writer, your own… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
“You go into the office and take a book or two from the shelves. You read a few lines, like your life… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
You've read half the books in this house? This whole house?" "Well, approximately half." Sticky said. "To be more accurate, I suppose… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
I've written books for awhile, but always on a pretty small scale and always pretty self-indulgent. I chose projects that I thought… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I think that very often younger writers don't appreciate how much hard work is involved in writing. The part of writing that's… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
But we should ask the question: Why should a writer be more than a writer? Why should a writer be a guru?… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“In the seventies I used to work in the bedroom of my flat at a little table. I worked in longhand with… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
For myself, the only way I know how to make a book is to construct it like a collage: a bit of… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
