“When I was a poor kid in Maine, my collection of used paperbacks was like a pile of cheap vacations.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The myth that 'old' guys can't write anything fresh is just a myth. — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
“To ask how I feel about writing is to ask how I feel about breathing.” — Shakirah Bourne Copy Share Image
It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one. — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
For a novelist, it's kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Literature, to put it another way, is an unpredictable and endless meme gone wild.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
In the early days, it was, you know, I used to weep while I was writing. I used to grab at any… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“…This remains the great deficiency of literature: its imitation of nature cannot prepare you for the main events. For the main events,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
For a writer, working in television is an incredibly rewarding medium. You're in charge of all aspects of production and get to… — Stephanie Savage Copy Share Image
I do think it is important to look at the writing as a job though and to commit to it like you'd… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
When I feel that I'm going to write a detective story, I buy a five pound box of chocolates and a ream… — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
“Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. Great writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand.” — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, they’ve made me feel like… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“A novel worth reading is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility, of what human nature is,… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
So long as a novelist works selfishly for the pleasure of creating character and situation corresponding to his own illusions, ideals and… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
There are writers who pour out words, concepts that sound really important but that basically say nothing. I always tried to be… — Chespirito Copy Share Image
Reminiscences, even extensive ones, do not always amount to an autobiography. For autobiography has to do with time, with sequence and what… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
“But I think it's useful to note that at any particular point in our lives our minds are full not just of… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
“Top 3 favorite books? I love finding really great children’s books. My daughter was given "Pickle Chiffon Pie" which is so fantastic.… — Abbie Schiller Copy Share Image
“Will found it funny that people balked at paying retail price for a book, something that a writer poured his or her… — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time at the New York Public Library, the main branch. I was one of those people. If… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
What you're trying to do when you write is to crowd the reader out of his own space and occupy it with… — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Writing is not a competition, or a fear. Writing is an art, a passion, a love.” — Kirsty-Anne Still Copy Share Image
I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories. — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
My entire life has been centered around my writing, and by that I mean finding the time to write. — Jillian Medoff Copy Share Image
I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I just did what any writer does, tried to listen to the characters, whether they're 18 or 80. — Ol Parker Copy Share Image
“So you could write what you know. The problem, of course, is that some people don’t know shit.” — Benjamin Percy Copy Share Image
I know how easy it is to be swept away by stories, by things you wish were real. — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
“Books are the way to stretch out people's souls, and I won't have children with small souls.” — Jodi Lynn Anderson Copy Share Image
