A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
After my husband spell-checks one of my manuscripts, my editor says, 'It's been Normanized.' — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
The demand for absolute purity of genres is becoming nowadays an anachronism in literature. — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren't any good and I kinda knew it. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“I write, so that everyone else, can live. The Affidavit of Niedria Dionne Kenny” — Niedria Dionne Kenny Copy Share Image
“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.” — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
No, I can't write treatments, I think there's a danger with treatments. That you... you write out your first excitement and enthusiasm… — Ronald Harwood Copy Share Image
“I can see the headlines now - 'Librarian Dies From Head Explosion Due to Years of Suppression; Words Found Plastered All Over… — Kathleen Buckley Copy Share Image
I can't go on to page two until I can get page one as perfect as I can make it. That might… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
I've always been a big fan of beauty. Sure, you can't judge a book by its cover but who wants to have… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
With writing, I love doing it, but there's that love-hate relationship: You're not having a good run, you've hit a wall; it's… — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
“One of the advantages of reading books is that you get to play with someone else's imaginary friends, at all hours of… — Dr. SunWolf Copy Share Image
By the way of connecting with subject, with theme, I was able to find a kind of lifeline. Writing's like a lifeline.… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Books had been invented to salve human loneliness, and they were friends without peer, friends who never sneered or flinched or laughed… — Mary Jo Putney Copy Share Image
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write… — Patrick Duffy Copy Share Image
“There is a deeper, more profound reason for this craving for acceptance and glory. Put simply, it's because all writers are fat… — Chancery Stone Copy Share Image
There are far too many people for us to think about each of them during our short stay on earth—like the thousands… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“She'd opened the front cover and fallen inside the wonderful, frightening, magical illustrations. She'd wondered what it must feel like to escape… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“Now you may have gotten the impression that there are absolutely no uses for Librarians. I'm sorry if I implied that. Librarians… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
