Most writing is done between the mind and the hand, not between the hand and the page. — Janet Burroway Copy Share Image
“I would hate to die for a lot of reasons. But mostly because of all the books I haven't yet read.” — Peg Lynch Copy Share Image
I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.' — Letitia Wright Copy Share Image
“And no matter how much I want to encourage the man or woman trying for the first time to write seriously, I… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I worry that I use writing as therapy too much actually, which can inspire great authenticity and verve but I do wish… — Katy Wix Copy Share Image
The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply. — Will Self Copy Share Image
There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Although I long to get away from the typewriter, if I think I can produce a better opening or a better closing… — Catherine Gaskin Copy Share Image
For years I felt that being respectable meant maintaining a sinister complacency, and the disreputable freedom I sought helped make me a… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction? — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
With each book, I've found myself more and more able to draw off the personal and still be as vulnerable as I… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
We always live in different places because I work in different places so the first thing I do is have 8 million… — Elizabeth Mitchell Copy Share Image
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
The last time I was asked that, I said "A Year Without Spoons." Normally you get asked the same questions over and… — Chelsea Martin Copy Share Image
“I argue here and throughout this book that if we engage students in real writing tasks and we use technology in such… — Troy Hicks Copy Share Image
I am deeply moved when I write. I get turned on by it. I've never used any drugs for stimulation. I don't… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
“Thackeray's a good writer and Flaubert is a great artist. Trollope is a good writer and Dickens is a great artist. Colette… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Like a lot of small press founders I was looking for a way into publishing - as well as a way out… — Andrew Latimer Copy Share Image
You always think, 'Oh, if only I had a little chalet in the mountains! How great that would be and I'd do… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
