One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about. — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
In the '40s and '50s, a lot of teachers and librarians saw the graphic novel as the enemy of reading. — Gene Luen Yang Copy Share Image
“The thing about the literature of any country is that it is a sort of climate that one breathes,” — Jane Fletcher Geniesse Copy Share Image
“My writing looks like it’s ten steps behind my mind, and racing to always catch up.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Janet Malcolm's probably the writer I most admire and who's most influenced me. — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
“It's like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from falling apart.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
I remember a table in BarchesterTowers that had more character than the combined heroes of three recent novels I've read. — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
“He was distressed to learn that the Pottery Barn Kids gift registry did not extend to children's books in Italian or Yiddish.” — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
For so long, we had to write to pay a bill, we had to write in many instances where maybe you weren't… — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
“What I have written is drawn from experience — from seeing, hearing and working with mountaineers. In a land with few books… — Harry M. Caudill Copy Share Image
The most joyful part of writing, for me, is when I am 90% there, and suddenly the story clicks into place, and… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
I talk to Simon, I write to him. I never used to write a diary. But now I'm writing a diary to… — Petra Nemcova Copy Share Image
There's an outline for each of the books that I adhere to pretty closely, but I'm not averse to taking it in… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
...Samuel rode lightly on top of a book and he balanced happily among ideas the way a man rides white rapids in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“ Books — the warm, leather-skinned weight of them in your hands, the way they smelled when you lifted them close to… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“job and Career Information Services Committee of the Adult Lifelong Learning Section of the Public Library Division of the American Library Association… — Public Library Association Copy Share Image
There’s only one difference between published and unpublished writers, and it is this -- the first group see their work in print… — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“So I recommend reading literature, such as the inspiring biography of Anwar Sadat, In Search of Identity, and seeing movies like Chariots… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
I always carry a notepad with me, even on vacation. If I'm on the computer when the story 'hits', I open a… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time at the New York Public Library, the main branch. I was one of those people. If… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
