I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Librarians are teaching the next generation how to use digital media responsibly. — Jarrett J. Krosoczka Copy Share Image
I'm writing for entertainment. I like people to reach the end and feel they got their money's worth. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
There is first the literature of KNOWLEDGE, and secondly, the literature of POWER. The function of the first is -- to teach;… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned by no later than… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But literature is unique. To understand literature, you read it with your head, but you interpret it with your heart. The two… — Camron Wright Copy Share Image
Fiction is risky for writers also in that the process of making certain books, of shaping certain narratives, leaves scars and marks… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
Aspiring writers should read the entire canon of literature that precedes them, back to the Greeks, up to the current issue of… — William Kennedy Copy Share Image
When my husband first read a draft, he said, "You spend too much time describing the characters' outfits." He was right. I… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it,… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Reaching deep into the heart of the reader, Cindy Woodsmall pens a beautifully lyrical story in her debut novel When the Heart… — Tamera Alexander Copy Share Image
“YOU KNOW HOW IT IS. YOU PICK UP A BOOK, flip to the dedication, and find that, once again, the author has… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down,… — Corey Haim Copy Share Image
“Nearly every writer writes a book with a great amount of attention and intention and hopes and dreams. And it's important to… — Madeline Sharples Copy Share Image
“The large number of acknowledgments is because we’re testing the theory that everyone mentioned in a book acknowledgment will buy at least… — Eric Freeman Copy Share Image
I try to write every day, preferably first thing in the morning. Of course, there are days when something happens to interfere… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
“There exist few things more tedious than a discussion of general ideas inflicted by author or reader upon a work of fiction.… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Most really good fiction is compelled into being. It comes from a kind of uncalculated innocence. You need not have your ending… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
In the same way, I write some of my more difficult pieces when I'm at very happy stages in my life. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
“Three possessions you should prize: A field, a friend, and a book.” — Hai guan zong shui wu si shu China Hai guan zong shui wu si shu Copy Share Image
“If you want to challenge yourself as an Author, raise the bar as a reader. -Suzanne Steele” — Suzanne Steele Copy Share Image
The formula for creative writing in high school or college is write what you know. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“I know why writers write- they write to untangle the knots in their hearts.” — Virginia Frances Schwartz Copy Share Image
“...writers, like priests, should have compassion...and a sensitivity to pain...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
