“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Living in a house with a large library,” she said, “is a little like living in heaven.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some writers pick a topic and write around that, but I like to include it all. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I am a binge reader, with a tendency to throw myself at a writer, immerse myself in their work. — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
“People like to be shown around archives. I don’t know why. I’m in the business, but one row of shelves stuffed with… — V.T. Davy Copy Share Image
The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don't trust my eyes. I consider myself to… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
All my friends can probably only name one publishing house, and that is Scholastic; they are everywhere. Scholastic is the perfect partner… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
If you appear in the 'Atlantic' or 'Harper's' or the 'New Yorker,' by God, you must be a writer, because everybody says… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The hardest part for me during the creation stage is actually putting words on paper that make sense and tell my story… — Linda Conrad Copy Share Image
Today, if you want to access a typical out-of-print book, you have only one choice - fly to one of a handful… — Sergey Brin Copy Share Image
The short story, its course plotted and its form proscribed, has become too efficient... but efficiency is not the most, it is… — Henry Seidel Canby Copy Share Image
I think what people really want is fiction that in some tiny way makes their life more meaningful and makes the world… — Wells Tower Copy Share Image
First book was handwritten, then the printing press, now we've got our Kindles. To be able to push a button and a… — Lore Segal Copy Share Image
We writers don't really think about whether what we write is good or not. It's too much to worry about. We just… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Here is a simple recipe to begin with. Get up every morning with the set intention of writing and go to your… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Somewhere I put it this way: first drafts are for learning what one’s fiction wants him to say. Revision works with that… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
With undead armies, psychotic angels and exploding airships, Scar Night is a gripping, ripping yarn which rattles along at a great pace.… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
Over the years, there certainly have been plenty of ideas that I've had and given up on, but for this one, the… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
It [fiction] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a… — Philip Hensher Copy Share Image
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