“Everybody wants to be part of a success story, But no one want to be the writer of this story.” — Innocent Eneojo Felix Copy Share Image
“It was like living in a library, and that was where I had always been happiest.” — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time. — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
The great thing about writing is, if you don't like the world, we'll create a different one. — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“Show me a person who found love in his life and did not celebrate it with a dance.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
I try not to push characters too close to myself because they get harder to write, but as a writer, you try… — Tom King Copy Share Image
If reality is as equally valuable as fiction, then you should just chalk up the parts of the past you don’t need… — Ryohgo Narita Copy Share Image
I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
“I write to discover. I write to uncover. I write to meet my ghosts... I write because it is dangerous, a bloody… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
The Four Inevitabilities: 1. Musty Books. 2. Uninteresting Nature. 3. Dull Existence. 4. Blank Nirvana, buy that boy. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“It is better to read one intellectually challenging book every 12 months … than to read 12 entertaining books every month.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I probably am a cranky writer, but I am actually a fairly nice, normal person. Since I'm a grouchy writer, of course… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The desire to be liked is acceptable in real life but very problematic in fiction. Pleasantness is the enemy of good fiction.… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
In truth, the cinema as a delivery system obviously has its days numbered. And that's not a bad thing. When you can… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
“It was true Paige and I had dinner alone. She wanted to stop by and pick up some books — poetry books… — Elissa Schappell Copy Share Image
“To ask why we need libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking… — Jon Bing Copy Share Image
You didn't plan to write a story; it just happened. Well, it could be argued that the next thing you should do… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
It's true that you might be socially isolated because you're reading in the library, at home and so on, but you're intensely… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Taking the time to write in our lives gives us the time of our lives. As we describe our environments, we begin… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“I collect new books the way my friends collect designer handbags. Sometimes, I just like to know I have them and actually… — Jennifer Kaufman Copy Share Image
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