I would perhaps like to go back to writing small books about obscure people. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I write in the most distressingly slow way in terms of punctuation and grammar. — Maurice Saatchi Copy Share Image
“Consequently, we sympathize. We identify. We care. In fact, most writers would like you to identify” — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
Fiction is fun because you get to steal an identity and try to make it authentic. — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
I love writing, and I am one of the people who can do it and make a living. — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
I write out of enthusiasm. Momentum that comes from a new idea. Eagerness to explore. I also write out of fear -… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
Once you’ve read too many trashy best-sellers, you begin to look for something with substance, something that attempts to define the universe. — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
“There was the union of his soul with Gloria's, whose radiant fire and freshness was the living material of which the dead… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes. — Donald McKay Copy Share Image
Writing is like sex. You have to save your love for the love object. If you go around spouting about your idea,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Fiction is about human beings, first and foremost. (It's not impossible to write fiction with no human protagonists, but it's very hard… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I'm always astonished when I go into Barnes & Noble at the number of people buying books, of course, but also at… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
I've always been prepared to write about the hard things. Only for healing, teaching, and enlightening purposes not to hurt or disparage… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather;… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
A deeply felt novel . . . The Story of Forgetting offers us both solace and illumination. Stefan Merrill Block possesses a… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Here's the first major lesson: Writing is not an activity. It's not something you sit down at the keyboard, and just start… — Jeff Bollow Copy Share Image
it is not unusual to hate great writers before we learn to love them. Because they have created something that did not… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“I refused to have bookshelves, horrified that I'd feel compelled to organise the books in some regimented system - Dewey or alphabetical… — Rebecca Makkai Copy Share Image
Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
