For some reason when I write in cursive, it's easier and flows better for me to read that when I print. — Ashley Scott Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself. — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Whatever I read went under my skin. I almost devoured the literature, which became like a road to discovery. — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
I wish I could go back and re-write my first novel for the first time. Because I really didn't know what I… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life. — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
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Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There is a part of me in every character, naturally. That's why novelists rarely write good autobiographies. You start one and it… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track… — Azgraybebly Josland Copy Share Image
“What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I love 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' but in some ways I think 'The Lake of Dreams' is a stronger book. I was able… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is something about the aroma of fresh books that's totally intoxicating. A new book has a certain clean, crisp smell full… — Debra Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“I like looking for myself in the whitest of pages. I like finding evidence of myself there, after being told my footprints… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
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