I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible. — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
They say you hit your stride as a writer at about 50. I'm hoping to do that. — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
Finding new books to read and relaxing is what I enjoy when I do have some time to spend on my own. — Chris Young Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing! — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I came to accept in myself a long time ago that I really do like writing articulate sociopaths. — Matt Nix Copy Share Image
It often happens that people come to believe in their own fictions. — Robert Rhodes James Copy Share Image
“The written word isn't necessarily a chore but can be a window into new worlds” — Wes Moore - Bestselling author of The Other Wes Moore Copy Share Image
As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular 'hook' upon which to hang the… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
My books don't seem to belong to me after I have once written them; and I find myself delivering opinions about them… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I am so sick of being exhorted, as a writer, to improve the world by representing it in a more hopeful way. — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories.… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
If I had to read only one author, it would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez because I love the mystical, magical quality of… — Tory Burch Copy Share Image
As writers, we live very much in our own minds much of the time, buzzing in our unconscious spaces as we go… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
I can't explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn't really… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm an old school actor in the sense. More and more now, I play myself as I get older. Even as a… — Jim Piddock Copy Share Image
When I read 'Greenberg,' I had a really strong sense if I could be any kind of writer I wanted to be,… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Most of what I know about writing I’ve learned through running every day. These are practical, physical lessons. How much can I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Books that children read but once are of scant service to them; those that have really helped to warm our imaginations and… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
“While I was starting out I had no idea on how the world of writing and publishing worked. I had no mentor,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“You cannot embark on life, that one-off coach ride, once again when it is over, but if you have a book in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The use of literature is to afford us a platform whence we may command a view of our present life, a purchase… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image