If you write for somebody that you know, then your job is so much easier. — Jessica St. Clair Copy Share Image
My gift seems to be that I am able to tell a story in a comprehensible and engaging way. — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
History has shown that the less people read, the more books they buy. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
When writing sex scenes, there is often no pleasing anyone, except perhaps the writer herself. — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
People who know and love the same books as you, have the road map to your soul. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it come as sincerely from the author's… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Writing comes from that territory of being invalidated. But I had a sense of purpose, too. I wanted to stop apologising for… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The violence and double-talk in the Alice books probably does no harm to children, but the novels should not be allowed to… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
I am strangely addicted to the writing of long letters, which, I am afraid, tire you; and for the future, I believe,… — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
“A well-stocked, well-staffed library is like a gardener who plants books, knowledge, and dreams and grows readers, learners, and do-ers.” — Laura Purdie Salas Copy Share Image
The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
A book is always an emergence above everyday life. A book is expressed life and thus is an addition to life. — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
When I first started doing stand-up back in Philadelphia, the idea of being a professional writer was completely beyond me. It didn't… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
“The existence of any library, even mine, allows readers a sense of what their craft is truly about, a craft that struggles… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
If I had followed my own rules - if I had eaten my own dog food - I would have created a… — Jeff Jarvis Copy Share Image
You see the genius that Whitney Houston has as an interpreter of material, and you realize why genius can be applied to… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
“Everyone always talks about the magic of books being able to take you to other places, to let you see exotic worlds,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that makes us suffer like the death… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
The Web is cool, but the library is magic. Where else can the spirit of generations of writers stir your soul? So… — Arthur Plotnik Copy Share Image
“Like the burning of the ancient library at Alexandria or the supremely ignorant incineration of stacks of invaluable Mayan codices, the loss… — Jonathon Miller Weisberger Copy Share Image
To know that one does not write for the other, to know that these things I am going to write will never… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
