Writer Quotes · Page 343

Keep in mind that books, like art museums, are not always geared to the desires of the reader.

— Tyler Cowen

“Perhaps, at heart, I am a storyteller; and the universe is my canvas.”

— Max L. Phillips

Everything maybe pre-written but nothing is rewritten.

— Anonymous

Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.

— Julia Cameron

Writing is very hard work and knowing what you're doing the whole time.

— Shelby Foote

I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, for a house full of books, and a garden of flowers.

— Andrew Lang

“Literature starts by being personal, but the deeper we go inside the more we become everybody.”

— Donald Hall

If you write really good material, the rest just falls into place. There's really no trick to it.

— Seth Grahame-Smith

“Whenever I see someone reading a book, especially if it is someone I don't expect, I feel civilisation has become a little…

— Matt Haig

“Why, the club was just the quietest place in the world, a place where a woman could run in to brush her…

— Kathleen Thompson Norris

“I suddenly missed the curious shelving patterns of my room, those old planks from the barn groaning under the weight of the…

— Reif Larsen

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one…

— Doris Lessing

The academy is an incredibly sheltered world, and I do think it's important for writers to get out from under that shelter,…

— Garth Greenwell

I still like paper books. Like, book is a flammable object. After you read it, you could use it to get warm.…

— Demetri Martin

The material dictates the approach. I tell the stories in the way that feels natural to tell them. Certainly the last thing…

— Steve Erickson

I've often thought that my scruples about stealing books were the only thing that stood in the way of my being a…

— Malcolm Bradbury

“If you want to look at a Detroit Free Press published since 2000," the reference librarian said, "you can use a database."…

— JoAnna Carl

“We want splendid books, books that immerse us in the splendor of reality and keep us there; books that prove to us…

— Laurence Cossé

When my father first took me to Ennis Library I went down among the shelves and felt company, not only the company…

— Niall Williams

I'm not a writer. I marvel at writing. I am sometimes absolutely astounded when I read something and I think how in…

— Kevin Spacey

I take editing seriously. It's a joy to edit. I always hand a manuscript to several editors and can't wait to get…

— Steve Martin

Mr. Scott Fitzgerald deserves a good shaking. Here is an unmistakable talent unashamed of making itself a motley to the view. The…

— L.P. Hartley

I always thought that I could write a novel. In my case, it was misguided. I do believe that the best nonfiction…

— Ron Rosenbaum

“I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody; I read because the…

— Richard Peck

I think I'm more intensely opinionated when I speak; more agreeably balanced when I write.

— Adam Gopnik

“If I knew what I was thinking [...] I would never have become a writer.”

— Amélie Nothomb

Doing readings is so gratifying that it makes any physical intensity worth it for me.

— Tyler Henry

“Hello, my name is Jaako and I am an addict. I am addicted to reading.”

— Jaako J. Wallenius

“There never was a man who could sit down and say: 'Now I am going to be the first man to write.”

— David Diringer

Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library.

— Luther Standing Bear

I've experienced being properly lost in my desires, and it's really influenced my writing.

— Christine and the Queens

Ever read a book that changed your life? Me neither.

— Jim Gaffigan

I never have an intended audience. I just write, you know.

— Alice Walker

“A NICE THOUGHT One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.”

— Markus Zusak

My way of finding a place in this world is to write one.

— Barbara Kingsolver

The study of books is a drowsy and feeble exercise which does not warm you up.

— Michel de Montaigne

I read the novel 'Miracle at St. Anna' when it was first released, and I loved it.

— Omar Benson Miller

I was deeply infected with storytelling from the get go, and I truly love it.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

“I wish that death had spared me until your library had been complete.”

— Lorenzo de' Medici

A professional writer is someone who writes just as well when they're not inspired as when they are.

— Philip Pullman