“A novel is no different than graffiti in a bathroom stall, it's just more pretentious.” — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
Toni Cade Bambara said: “Writing is the way I participate in the struggle.” — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Like, if I want to know about France, I'll buy the book I don't know if that makes me a moron. — Richey Edwards Copy Share Image
I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
No compulsion in the world is stronger than the urge to edit someone else's document. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books:… — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature. — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I want to make money, and I would like to have a lot of money, but I still believe that the only… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Do you know a book that you are willing to put under your head for a pillow when you lie dying? Very… — Joseph Cook Copy Share Image
Some days, you will sit down, and you write tens of thousands of words. Others, you have to force yourself to write… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year,… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I've been writing for years, you know, and when I get to a particular place, city, or different locale, I find myself… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
I have come to the belief that there is not merely an accidental relationship between bad writing and routine sociological research, but… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
The first draft is for YOU, the writer; the second and subsequent drafts are for the reader. Trying to do both things… — Karen Karbo Copy Share Image
I found that many gifted people are so afraid of writing a poor story that they cannot summon the nerve to write… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
If the rewards to authors go down, simple economics says there will be fewer authors. It's not that people won't burn with… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I wrote in my first book that I was broken, and now it just makes me mad every time. This is why… — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
Even fake news tries to convince us of its reality, but it does so mostly by appealing to your preconceived notions, your… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
You have to force yourself to give up and to move onto something else. That's the way you grow as a writer,… — Karl Iagnemma Copy Share Image
“In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
