Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writing is saying to no one and to everyone the things it is not possible to say to someone. — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Writing about women's sexuality is very scary for me because I'm always afraid I'll get it wrong. — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
“I write because I have to; because I wouldn't know what to do with my hands if I didn't.” — Angeline Trevena Copy Share Image
“When I'm writing I can write anywhere; when I'm not writing I can't write anywhere.” — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
Procrastination: as endemic to and dreaded by writers as writers' block. — Jenna Blum Copy Share Image
Old books exert a strange fascination for me -- their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
“First, you have to think and think and think and think; then you have to force yourself to write it down.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“What is the value of libraries? Through lifelong learning, libraries can and do change lives, a point that cannot be overstated.” — Michael Gorman Copy Share Image
I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and… — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book. — Geoffrey Fisher Copy Share Image
My husband really treats my writing like it's a job - and he reminds me of that when I have those low… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
The world is changing, but I am not changing with it. There is no e-reader or Kindle in my future. My philosophy… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
“What the best fiction does is make powerful affirmations of familiar truths...the trivial fiction which times filters out is that which either… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“The thing about this bookshelf is that each of these books is a vast experience unto itself, while also being both self-contained… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“I promote reading. I travel anywhere any time. In my books the indivuals face fears, issues, love, friendships, and are reminded qently… — Susan Kay Box Brunner Copy Share Image
“Have you ever been writing something when you just forgot where you were, and what time it was, and you kept diving… — Peter Gould Copy Share Image
“A good book ought to have something simple about it. And, like Eve, it ought to come from somewhere near the third… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
The minute I sit down and think 'Okay, this must be KID SAFE!' my Muse develops Tourrette's and goes to lunch with… — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
“There are three points of view from which a writer can be considered: he may be considered as a storyteller, as a… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
