I'm interested in stories that help me, people navigate in this broken world. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I spend three hours a day writing and the rest of my day getting over it. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
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I love discussing the ins and outs of the collaborative nature of writing. — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favorites — John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Copy Share Image
When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again. — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
“But above all, an author must write passionately and edit passionately.” — Paul Collins Copy Share Image
My ideal reader is somebody who trips over a copy of my book on the sidewalk; then they pick it up and… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
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I don't enjoy any of the process of writing. I enjoy it when it goes on if it zings and it has… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
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Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational. — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
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The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
I started reading. I read everything I could get my hands on...By the time I was thirteen I had read myself out… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
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When reading a book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
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Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people.… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I don't have a fixed routine. I write every day but I don't "write" every day, if that makes any sense. In… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
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