“Cornell University Press announced plans for a festschrift.” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I write everything many times over. All my thoughts are second thoughts. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Writing is a form of herding. I herd words into little paragraph-like clusters. — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
I'm passionate again about writing. This is important to me; it's got to be the comeback book. — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
Books form in us habits of thought which shall live forever with us. — Julia McNair Wright Copy Share Image
I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception. — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
My confidence in the future of literature consists in the knowledge that there are things that only literature can give us, by… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“Books are like batteries, he says. And you grow a little stronger by reading them, surrounding yourself with them.” — Benjamin Percy Copy Share Image
I just write about myself all the time, which is a funny one, because I don't really like sharing much stuff with… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
I read 'Rebecca' when I was a teenager and was swept away by the powerful voice, the gut wrenching suspense and the… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“It’s called ”being an artist” for a reason; it’s something YOU ARE. It’s how you live. It’s WHO you are. How you… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
In the days before I had kids I used to take six books with me for a fortnight's holiday. My suitcase used… — Sara Cox Copy Share Image
I've been thinking so much about writing as a gift to readers - and how newness of subject (place or topic or… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
“Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious." [ Ten rules for writing fiction , The Guardian, 20 February 2010 (with… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
Reading in bed is a self-centered act, immobile, free from ordinary social conventions, invisible to the world, and one that, because it… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way.… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
Your first attempt will be terrible… Remember that everything great you see started out as someone else's bad first draft… Whenever someone… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“What can we do, then, to recognize that yes, grading and its traditions are still present, but so is the writer? Feedback,… — Patty McGee Copy Share Image
My process with starting a new project and whatnot is I begin around a title. Usually, based off of just a title,… — Alexander Spit Copy Share Image
“Writing teachers invariably tell students, write about what you know. That's, of course, what you have to do, but on the other… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
