I've gotten very alert not just to mixed metaphor but to any writing mistake. — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Books open windows to the world and have the power to transform lives. — Ralph Lauren Copy Share Image
The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
“With great enthusiasm and determination you will master the art in your field.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didnt publish my first book until I was 41. — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
I don't spend the day writing. I'll maybe write fresh copy for two hours, and then I'll go back and revise some… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“It’s not what happens to people on the page; it’s about what happens to a reader in his heart and mind.” — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
“The truth is that when an author begins to write for the sake of covering paper, he is cheating the reader; because… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
A novelist has two lives-- a reading and writing life, and a lived life. he or she cannot be understood at all… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“Mama thinks cemeteries and libraries are different since one holds stiffers and the other holds books, but she’s wrong. They both carry… — Marcy McKay Copy Share Image
“Great writing requires great doubt and great self-confidence. One without the other inspires mediocrity.” — Chloe Thurlow Copy Share Image
Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
“The therapeutic effect of reading was not a new concept to the librarians running the VBC (Victory Book Campaign). In the editorial… — Molly Guptill Manning Copy Share Image
“A book--a real book--is one choice, taken from a pile, opened and entered as its own singular, separate world. Once chosen, you… — K.J. Dell'Antonia Copy Share Image
“If (when) she got back to her typewriter she'd begin these tongue-in-cheek screenplays over from the top, telling them with faith in… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici is a dramatic, epic novel of an all-too-human woman whose strength and passion propelled her into… — Sandra Gulland Copy Share Image
an Autobiography is the truest of all books; for while it inevitably consists mainly of extinctions of the truth, shirkings of the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“he has bushy blond eyebrows and a voice that makes her think of damask. One afternoon a week or so after New… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I'd say I learned by reading the men… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“It makes logical sense that 168 is a greater number than 17, so why would you shelve 168 first? Because a librarian… — Scott Douglas Copy Share Image
I like to read because it's the opposite of being on the go. Reading is the perfect antidote. — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
For me, using a notebook every day keeps me on track! Some people use planners; those are great, too. — Rachel Hollis Copy Share Image
I handwrite out all my lines. I like to see my handwriting, and I like to keep my notes over time. — George Eads Copy Share Image
I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
My life isn't very racy or exciting so I make things up, tell stories. I like telling stories. — Lisa Stansfield Copy Share Image
I think anyone can write about anything that they have knowledge of and exposure to. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
“Books are like magic carpets, taking us to places real and imaginary that we never thought possible.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I kind of like to write fast. It keeps the pacing up. And it keeps me off the streets. — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
I write every day as a matter of course It is not a burden. It is the way I live. — Mavis Gallant Copy Share Image
