I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again. — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
“A reader lives a thousand lives before they die... One who never reads... only lives ONE” — Aiah Radwan Copy Share Image
Every book is, in an intimate sense, a circular-letter to the friends of him who writes it. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director. — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
Invariably it turns out to be who you've been reading in the last couple of weeks, and two hours or two days… — Robert Asprin Copy Share Image
I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
I've always been steady on and off keeping diaries and journals. I try to document everything so I can remember it the… — Meaghan Jette Martin Copy Share Image
“Reading is a gift, but only if the words are taken into the soul--eaten, chewed, gnawed, received in unhurried delight.” — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that… — June Squibb Copy Share Image
A number of mysterious words , secretive puzzles, lot many confusionsand dilemma when enters a mind and make you feel a bit… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
My father was a psychiatrist and a social worker but he was a very talented painter and musician and writer on the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For a much lauded writer, I'm not terribly self-absorbed. In social situations, which are difficult for me - I mean, this is… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“He passed his hands over some of the fine embossed bindings as he thought, I am a book also, words and thoughts… — Ari Berk Copy Share Image
“People are often dismissive of librarians and libraries - as if the words are synonymous with boredom or timidity. But isn't that… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“And if I am asked today to advise a young writer who has not yet made up his mind what way to… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Get an agent. Seriously, submitting stuff unagented means it will end up on the slush pile. An agent is the first quality… — Tim Lebbon Copy Share Image
People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons for… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
I love writing on trains. The joy of being a writer is it's all in your head; you don't need materials apart… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
“Perhaps for many Japanese, autobiographical fiction writing is life. We are a people expected to complement, to harmonize, to anticipate one another's… — Lydia Minatoya Copy Share Image
“Listen: I don't have anything against autobiographies, so long as the writer has a penis that's twelve inches long when erect. So… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
In fiction, if people like one of your books, they tend to pick up your other books as well. — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
“Just because everybody uses language, that doesn't mean that they can write even tolerable prose.” — Stephen Jones Copy Share Image
What really makes a home a home is seeing the books of whoever lives there. — Antonia Lofaso Copy Share Image
I start work at 7 A.M. and write all day, seven days a week. If I don't write, I can't sleep. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“Whenever someone says, 'I love writing,' I always think, 'You probably suck at writing.” — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
Since truth is often stranger than fiction, fiction needs to be pretty weird — Erik Meyer Copy Share Image
Being a writer but also having been raised the way I was, I tend to turn to books for answers. — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a book coming out when it's supposed to. — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Sweat, blood, and tears mean nothing in your writing if you’re not willing to burn what doesn’t work.” — Jason E. Hodges Copy Share Image
I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership. — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
