“Every soul is a story shelved away in an infinite library in the sky.” — Karen Amanda Hooper Copy Share Image
My earliest memory is learning to read 'Muffin the Mule' when I was about three. — Mark E. Smith Copy Share Image
I'm a very methodical writer. Before computers, I used reams of paper and stacks of index cards. — Frank Peretti Copy Share Image
“The more our fingers are getting skilled on keypad the more we are losing the art of holding the pen.” — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
“Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't." --Mark Twain” — Lisa Mayme Corbit Copy Share Image
You know what they say: When people start burning books they'll soon burn human beings. — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
One old lady who wants her head lifted wouldn't be so bad, but you multiply her two hundred and fifty thousand times… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“I now remembered that Mrs. Todd had told me one day that Captain Littlepage had overset his mind with too much reading.” — Sarah Orne Jewett Copy Share Image
I really try to write as an ordinary person would, not as someone who's too sophisticated about food, or too knowledgeable about… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
Writing can wreck your body. You sit there on the chair hour after hour and sweat your guts out to get a… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
I don't read novels whilst I'm writing one; I just haven't got a wide enough brain to concentrate on incoming and outgoing… — Dawn French Copy Share Image
When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Every story I write is different. Some are hard. Some aren't. 'Chronicle' was tremendously easy. I have a hard time comparing my… — Max Landis Copy Share Image
When I write a story, I just wanna tell you what's in my head. It can come from real life and then… — Nas Copy Share Image
Seduction is an absolute pleasure to read -- clever, suspenseful, exciting, mysterious, learned, and engrossing. Some of the best historical fiction I've… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“One: A Library Is the Size of the Universe and the Universe Is the Size of a Library. Two: Everyone Is Looking… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more!… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
Writing can be taken up at any point. But you need to remember that the arts are fundamentally unfair. Hard work and… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Has it ever happened to you," Léon went on, "to come across some vague idea of one's own in a book, some… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“To you, it's a book to read - a nicely printed stack of paper with a beautiful cover. To me, it's a… — Jason P. Stadtlander Copy Share Image