“the end of the book isn’t the last page, it’s the last day you think about what you read” — Dave Campbell Copy Share Image
He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for.” — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“My book isn't meant to be read all at once, but rather all in good time” — Justin Bienvenue Copy Share Image
For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime. — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
“I write things down because my thoughts get too heavy in my head and it hurts my neck.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
I notice inspiration when it comes by. I don't sit down at my desk and try to write. — Gary Panter Copy Share Image
There's so many good books, but I'm always like, "I'm sorry, I have five more Faulkners to read, I can't be bothered."… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
“Write as much as you can. As fast as you can. Finish your shit. Hit your deadlines. Try very hard not to… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
I suddenly feel a vague pity for all those writers who have to ply their trade from sleepy American suburbs, writing divorce… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I got expelled from the public library for putting all the 'Women's Rights' books in the fiction section. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I am quite happy for people to disagree with me on a book. If I say it is a 5 star read… — Michael Edwards Copy Share Image
“Children built snowmen in their front lawns, played in the yard of the public library. I would miss that old library. I… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I think if I hadn't become a writer I would just have suppressed that part of my personality. I think I would… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
A writer can't just be well-educated or good at research; to build a living, breathing world with interesting characters, you have to… — Lynn Flewelling Copy Share Image
I think everyone's a little afraid of being part of a trend, because you get compared to each other. Writers tend to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Whatever I was writing at the time, I knew there was no market for it and never would be, because there’s never… — Nell Zink Copy Share Image
“Oh but to write what you think is so amazing- whoosh, whoosh, you don't even know how you're doing it and suddenly… — Nescio Copy Share Image
“I am more optimistic, both about reading and about books. There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers – there always… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I'm not good at narrative; I'm really a gag writer, and that comes from being in the newspaper comic strip world for… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
You don't write the kitchen scene just because you're eager to do it that day and you're avoiding something else. I think… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Every time you look at a blank piece of paper, you're doing something new. You have to step onto that blank territory… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
If I have a writing problem, the minute I step away, there's a solution. — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
“I started writing to make sense of the world that exists inside my heart” — Judy Croome Copy Share Image
“You’d think that, for a writer, you’d retire the same old phrase after the second use.” — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
The ways in which a book, once read, stays (and changes) in the reader's mind are unpredictable. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I'm laying down my new audio book. No writing, just spoken words, the old fashioned way. — Danny Mcbride Copy Share Image
To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
A book is like a door. You walk through the cover and you don't know what you're going to find. — Emily Rodda Copy Share Image
“Your writing blows , by the by. You split more infinitives than Gene Roddenberry.” — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
A writer can have only one language, if language is going to mean anything to him. — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Life goes on, it's just another page in the book of life. Flip the page and look towards a new you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
