“Each time someone dies, a library burns by John Lennon "the Sky is everywhere” — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist. — Francois Truffaut Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book. — George Murray Copy Share Image
When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Writing is a wonderful voyage of discovery. So sit down and write, and see where your mind can take you...” — Sarah Jane Avory Copy Share Image
“Reading a book is a dangerous thing, Justine. A book can make you find room in yourself for something you never thought… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people. — Michael Patrick King Copy Share Image
In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today. — Scott Pelley Copy Share Image
Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it.… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Most people can start a short story or a novel. If you're a writer, you can finish them. Finish enough of them,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I never wrote for children. I wrote with respect for the audience, which I've maintained all my life. Doesn't mean I couldn't… — Chespirito Copy Share Image
I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
If you give a writer a pile of blank paper and say you can write anything you like on any subject you… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“If you can read in the night time, you will open closed books! Mystery is an open book to you if you… — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
“I took my time, running my fingers along the spines of books, stopping to pull a title from the shelf and inspect… — Beth Pattillo Copy Share Image
The work of one author or artist may stimulate another author or artist to push the edge, to take the risk, to… — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Writing a book is something I actually feel like I could do. I don't know when that would happen, but I feel… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
“When, if only for a moment, the novelist steps out of the creator's role, what roles are there for the novelist to… — John Irving Copy Share Image
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again. — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down.” — Matt Forbeck Copy Share Image
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
We have to make writing a viable career for all the people who get into this skill. — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
When I did the zero draft for Six of Crows,' it was a very organic process. — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I don't want to put up this act of being a voracious reader, which I am not. — Ajith Kumar Copy Share Image
Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work. — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
